embroglio

American  

[em-brohl-yoh] / ɛmˈbroʊl joʊ /

noun

• embroglios
  plural

1. imbroglio.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• embroglios
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of embroglio

Confused with embroil

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Example Sentences

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embroglio embroglios

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

From Wolfville Days by Alfred Henry Lewis

"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 Stephen Leacock

To this last embroglio thar is––an' could be––no deefense, Jack bein' so amiable that havin' trouble with him is like goin' to the floor with your own image in the glass.

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

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

To people in London the Venezuelan embroglio proved that the Kaiser had in mind smashing the Monroe Doctrine.

From A Journey Through France in War Time by Joseph G. (Joseph Green) Butler

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

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

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

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