intrigue
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See also: intrigué
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowing from French intriguer, from Italian intricare, from Latin intrīcō (“I entangle, perplex, embarrass”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
intrigue (plural intrigues)
- A complicated or clandestine plot or scheme intended to effect some purpose by secret artifice; conspiracy; stratagem.
- The plot of a play, poem or romance; the series of complications in which a writer involves their imaginary characters.
- Clandestine intercourse between persons; illicit intimacy; a liaison.
Translations[edit]
plot or scheme
Verb[edit]
intrigue (third-person singular simple present intrigues, present participle intriguing, simple past and past participle intrigued)
- (intransitive) To conceive or carry out a secret plan intended to harm; to form a plot or scheme.
- (transitive) To arouse the interest of; to fascinate.
- 2012 March 1, Brian Hayes, “Pixels or Perish”, American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, page 106:
- Blackboard sketches, geological maps, diagrams of molecular structure, astronomical photographs, MRI images, the many varieties of statistical charts and graphs: These pictorial devices are indispensable tools for presenting evidence, for explaining a theory, for telling a story. And, on top of all that, they are ornaments; they entice and intrigue and sometimes delight.
- 2012 March 1, Brian Hayes, “Pixels or Perish”, American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, page 106:
- (intransitive) To have clandestine or illicit intercourse.
- (transitive) To fill with artifice and duplicity; to complicate.
- Dr. J. Scott
- How doth it [sin] perplex and intrigue the whole course of your lives!
- Dr. J. Scott
Translations[edit]
plan
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Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- intrigue in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- intrigue in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
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Noun[edit]
intrigue f (plural intrigues)
- plot, storyline (of novel, film, etc)
Verb[edit]
intrigue
- first-person singular present indicative of intriguer
- third-person singular present indicative of intriguer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of intriguer
- third-person singular present subjunctive of intriguer
- second-person singular imperative of intriguer
Spanish[edit]
Verb[edit]
intrigue
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of intrigar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of intrigar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of intrigar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of intrigar.
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