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embroglio

[ em-brohl-yoh ]

/ ɛmˈbroʊl yoʊ /

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noun, plural em·bro·glios.

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Origin of embroglio

confused with embroil

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for embroglio

Perhaps, too, we postponed war when a more bellicose people might have plunged blood-thirstily into the Balkan embroglio.
Sonia Between two Worlds|Stephen McKenna
But right in the middle of the embroglio my brave Reddy seized the horse of a Uhlan by the mane.
The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2|Eugne Sue
This requires a few words of explanation, as the whole Schleswig-Holstein embroglio is based on it.
Life and Times of Her Majesty Caroline Matilda, Vol. I (of III)|C. F. Lachelles Wraxall
Mr. Lay was dismissed from the service of the Manchoo, through the "Vampyre" embroglio.
Ti-Ping Tien-Kwoh|Lin-Le

Actually the shooting was the result of an embroglio with certain servants on his estate.
Essays on the Greek Romances|Elizabeth Hazelton Haight