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

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

"Though the plain fact is that ever since the Herzegovinian embroglio the Ballplatz is little more than a counterpoise to the Wilhelmstrasse."

From Frenzied Fiction by Leacock, Stephen

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

This embroglio is smoothed out, and Amiles and Bellicent are happily united.

From A Short History of French Literature by Saintsbury, George

Without that the whole embroglio was fantastic and incredible.

From Mummery A Tale of Three Idealists by Cannan, Gilbert