intrigue

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[edit] Etymology

From French, from Italian intricare, from Latin intrico (to entangle, perplex, embarrass).

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  • (noun) enPR: ĭn'trēg, IPA: /ˈɪntriːɡ/, SAMPA: /"Intri:g/
  • (verb) enPR: ĭntrēg', IPA: /ɪnˈtriːɡ/, SAMPA: /In"tri:g/

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intrigue (plural intrigues)

  1. A complicated or clandestine plot or scheme intended to effect some purpose by secret artifice; conspiracy; stratagem.
  2. The plot of a play, poem or romance; the series of complications in which a writer involves his imaginary characters.
  3. Clandestine intercourse between persons; illicit intimacy; a liaison.

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intrigue (third-person singular simple present intrigues, present participle intriguing, simple past and past participle intrigued)

  1. (intransitive) To conceive or carry out a secret plan intended to harm; to form a plot or scheme.
  2. (transitive) To arouse the interest of; to fascinate.
  3. (intransitive) To have clandestine or illicit intercourse.

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intrigue f. (plural intrigues)

  1. plot, storyline (of novel, film, etc)

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intrigue

  1. first-person singular present indicative of intriguer
  2. third-person singular present indicative of intriguer
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of intriguer
  4. third-person singular present subjunctive of intriguer
  5. second-person singular imperative of intriguer
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