embroglio

American  

[em-brohl-yoh] / ɛmˈbroʊl joʊ /

noun

• embroglios
  plural

1. imbroglio.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• embroglios
  plural

Etymology

Origin of embroglio

Confused with embroil

Example Sentences

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embroglio embroglios

"Let's get the facts about this present embroglio, Anderson, before we make arrangements for another," put in Mr. Squires.

From Anderson Crow, Detective by George Barr McCutcheon

The stars, again, in mythology, are mixed up with beasts, planets and men in the same embroglio of fantastic opinion.

From Myth, Ritual and Religion — Volume 1 by Andrew Lang

And the whole embroglio is your fault, if you come to look at it between the eyes.

From The Lightning Conductor Discovers America by C. N. (Charles Norris) Williamson

I shall be free of this infernal embroglio.

From A Sheaf of Corn by Mary E. Mann

The embroglio was of his making; it must be for him to get them out of the hobble.

From The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan by Lewis Wingfield

Thar's other embroglios more or less smoky an' permiscus, which gets pulled off one way an' another, but they ain't held to apply to us of rights.

From Faro Nell and Her Friends Wolfville Stories by W. Herbert Dunton

The most serious of these Cabinet embroglios occurred late in December of 1862, while Lincoln was well-nigh overwhelmed by Burnside's dreadful repulse at Fredericksburg.

From The Every-day Life of Abraham Lincoln A Narrative And Descriptive Biography With Pen-Pictures And Personal Recollections By Those Who Knew Him by Francis F. (Francis Fisher) Browne

Although I am not deficient in personal bravery, as I had opportunity to prove in my student-days, and afterwards in political embroglios, it is not my nature to seek for perils.

From The Lonely House by Adolph Streckfuss