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Webster 1913 Edition

Intrigue

In-trigue′

(ĭn-trēg′)
,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Intrigued
(-trēgd′)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Intriguing
.]
[F.
intriguer
, OF.
intriquer
,
entriquer
; cf. It.
intrigare
. See
Intricate
,
Extricate
.]
1.
To form a plot or scheme; to contrive to accomplish a purpose by secret artifice.
2.
To carry on a secret and illicit love or amour.

In-trigue′

,
Verb.
T.
To fill with artifice and duplicity; to complicate; to embarrass.
[Obs.]
How doth it [sin] perplex and
intrique
the whole course of your lives!
Dr. J. Scott.

In-trigue′

,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
intrique
. See
Intrigue
,
Verb.
I.
]
1.
Intricacy; complication.
[Obs.]
Sir M. Hale.
2.
A complicated plot or scheme intended to effect some purpose by secret artifice; conspiracy; stratagem.
Busy meddlers with
intrigues
of state.
Pomfret.
3.
The plot of a play or romance; a complicated scheme of designs, actions, and events.
Pope.
4.
A secret and illicit love affair between two persons of different sexes; an amour; a liaison.
Syn. – Plot; scheme; conspiracy; machination.

Webster 1828 Edition

Intrigue

INTRIGUE

,
Noun.
intree'g. [Low L. intrico, intricor,to enwrap; tricor, to trifle, to show tricks; Gr. hair or a lock of hair, as we should say, a plexus.]
1.
A plot or scheme of a complicated nature, intended to effect some purpose by secret artifices. An intrigue may be formed and prosecuted by an individual,and we often hear of the intrigues of a minister or a courtier, but often several projectors are concerned in an intrigue. The word is usually applied to affairs of love or of government.
2.
The plot of a play or romance; a complicated scheme of designs, actions and events, intended to awaken interest in an audience or reader, and make them wait with eager curiosity for the solution or development.
3.
Intricacy; complication. [Not in use.]

INTRIGUE

,
Verb.
I.
intree'g. To form a plot or scheme,usually complicated, and intended to effect some purpose by secret artifices. The courtier intrigues with the minister, and the lover with his mistress.

INTRIGUE

,
Verb.
T.
intree'g.
To perplex or render intricate. [Not used.]

Definition 2024

intrigué

intrigué

See also: intrigue

French

Verb

intrigué m ‎(feminine singular intriguée, masculine plural intrigués, feminine plural intriguées)

  1. past participle of intriguer

Spanish

Verb

intrigué

  1. First-person singular (yo) preterite indicative form of intrigar.

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