intrigue
/IH0 N T R IY1 G/noun
- 1
A complicated or clandestine plot or scheme intended to effect some purpose by secret artifice; conspiracy; stratagem.
- 2
The plot of a play, poem or romance; the series of complications in which a writer involves their imaginary characters.
- 3
Clandestine intercourse between persons; illicit intimacy; a liaison or affair.
verb
- 1
To conceive or carry out a secret plan intended to harm; to form a plot or scheme.
- 2
To arouse the interest of; to fascinate.
- 3
To have clandestine or illicit intercourse.
- 4
To fill with artifice and duplicity; to complicate.
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