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intrigues

The correct spelling is intrigues.

How to pronounce intrigues

noun

IPA: /ɪnˈtɹiːɡz/

Say it like: Int-rig-ues

The correct spelling is intrigues. A complicated or clandestine plot or scheme intended to effect some purpose by secret artifice; conspiracy; stratagem.

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Meanings

noun

  1. 1.A complicated or clandestine plot or scheme intended to effect some purpose by secret artifice; conspiracy; stratagem.
  2. 2.The plot of a play, poem or romance; the series of complications in which a writer involves their imaginary characters.
  3. 3.Clandestine intercourse between persons; illicit intimacy; a liaison or affair.

verb

  1. 1.To conceive or carry out a secret plan intended to harm; to form a plot or scheme.
  2. 2.To arouse the interest of; to fascinate.
  3. 3.To have clandestine or illicit intercourse.
  4. 4.To fill with artifice and duplicity; to complicate.

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