embroglio

American  

[em-brohl-yoh] / ɛmˈbroʊl yoʊ /

noun

plural

embroglios

1. imbroglio.

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Etymology

Origin of embroglio

Confused with embroil

Example Sentences

Huggins is goin' to take all the chances of this embroglio.'

From Wolfville Days by Lewis, Alfred Henry

The grounds for my objection on that score will appear in the next chapter, which deals with the Missouri embroglio, as it was called.

From The Abolitionists Together With Personal Memories Of The Struggle For Human Rights by Hume, John F. (John Ferguson)

The great Emma mine, worth two or three millions, became a power in our judicial embroglio.

From The Story of the Mormons, from the date of their origin to the year 1901 by Linn, William Alexander

But the apology would require an explanation—the embroglio was curious and complicated—and the explanation could only be properly understood by giving the details viva voce.

From The Guerilla Chief And other Tales by Reid, Mayne

There were good reasons why Pitt and his colleagues should not commit themselves deeply to the Haytian embroglio.

From William Pitt and the Great War by Rose, John Holland