entrigue

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A form of intrigue — A complicated or clandestine plot or scheme intended to effect some purpose by secret artifice; conspiracy; stratagem; the practice of engaging in hidden schemes.

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Meanings

nounentrigue (countable and uncountable, plural entrigues)

plural entrigues

  1. countableobsoleteuncountableObsolete form of intrigue.
verbentrigue (third-person singular simple present entrigues, present participle entriguing, simple past and past participle entrigued)

present singular third person entrigues · participle present entriguing · participle past entrigued · past entrigued

  1. obsoleteObsolete form of intrigue.

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

geniture
Cite this entry
APA

entrigue. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/entrigue

MLA

“entrigue.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/entrigue. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “entrigue,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/entrigue.

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