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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.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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