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intrigues

/ɪnˈtɹiːɡz/ · noun

Meaning

  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 their imaginary characters.
  3. Clandestine intercourse between persons; illicit intimacy; a liaison or affair.
  4. To conceive or carry out a secret plan intended to harm; to form a plot or scheme.
  5. To arouse the interest of; to fascinate.
  6. To have clandestine or illicit intercourse.
  7. To fill with artifice and duplicity; to complicate.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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