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

As it stands, this embroglio is a lesson which I have got by heart and am tired of: I would like to set it aside and turn to something more cheerful.

From A Pessimist In Theory and Practice by Bird, Frederic Mayer

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

"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 McCutcheon, George Barr

I used to read piquant articles about his embroglio in an American paper that devoted itself to matters of the sort.

From The Inheritors by Conrad, Joseph

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

From A Short History of French Literature by Saintsbury, George

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 Streckfuss, Adolph

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 Browne, Francis F. (Francis Fisher)

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 Dunton, W. Herbert