Tuesday, April 05, 2005
Imbroglio
Words give me great pleasure. I love running across seldom used words that capture a meaning so well. Like lethologica. Here is one I had forgotten about:
Imbroglio
What a wonderfully succinct word.
Imbroglio
A difficult or intricate situation; an entanglement.
A confused or complicated disagreement.
A confused heap; a tangle.
[Italian, from Old Italian, from imbrogliare, to tangle, confuse : in-, in (from Latin. See in-2) + brogliare, to mix, stir (probably from Old French brooiller, brouiller. See broil2).]
Imbroglio
What a wonderfully succinct word.
Imbroglio
A difficult or intricate situation; an entanglement.
A confused or complicated disagreement.
A confused heap; a tangle.
[Italian, from Old Italian, from imbrogliare, to tangle, confuse : in-, in (from Latin. See in-2) + brogliare, to mix, stir (probably from Old French brooiller, brouiller. See broil2).]