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Grammar : Noun
Spell : verb in-treeg; noun in-treeg, in-treeg
Phonetic Transcription : verb ɪnˈtrig; noun ɪnˈtrig, ˈɪn trig

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Définition of intriguer

Origin :
  • 1610s, "to trick, deceive, cheat" (earlier entriken, late 14c.), from French intriguer (16c.), from Italian intrigare "to plot, meddle," from Latin intricare "entangle" (see intricate). Meaning "to plot or scheme" first recorded 1714; that of "to excite curiosity" is from 1894. Related: Intrigued; intriguing (1680s, "plotting, scheming;" meaning "exciting curiosity" is from 1909).
  • As in traitor : noun person who is disloyal
Example sentences :
  • So clever an intriguer as Protopopoff should have realized this.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII) » by Various
  • Will they show me the door, as though I were an intriguer or a madman?
  • Extract from : « Messengers of Evil » by Pierre Souvestre
  • That last statement both amazed and gratified the intriguer.
  • Extract from : « The Roof Tree » by Charles Neville Buck
  • Can it be that she is suspected of being something of an intriguer?
  • Extract from : « Memoirs of the Duchesse de Dino v.2/3, 1836-1840 » by Duchesse De Dino
  • When he "drudged in business" the country only saw in him an intriguer for power.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 2 (of 10) » by Alexander Pope
  • Tell him he lies; that the man who has just left him is no confessor, but an intriguer like himself.
  • Extract from : « Chicot the Jester » by Alexandre Dumas, Pere
  • Speyer is an intriguer, a revolutionist, a man in every way infamous.
  • Extract from : « Vassall Morton » by Francis Parkman
  • Poor La Vallire, so disinterested, so little of an intriguer!
  • Extract from : « Louis XIV and La Grande Mademoiselle » by Arvede Barine
  • The world was also well assured that the favourite was an intriguer.
  • Extract from : « Louis XIV and La Grande Mademoiselle » by Arvede Barine
  • Let us assume for the moment that the countess is a spy and an intriguer.
  • Extract from : « The Weight of the Crown » by Fred M. White

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