IMBROGLIO
Pronunciation: im-brohl-yoh
Definition:
1. (n) a misunderstanding, disagreement, etc., of a complicated or bitter nature, as between persons or nations.
2. (n) a complicated or difficult situation.
UD Definition(s):
1.any incestual activities between two twin brothers while still in the womb. (???)
Google Image:
Glenn Quagmire in an imbroglio. All those illegal activities finally caught up to him
Origin: from the Italian imbrogliare meaning to confuse, embroil.
Synonyms: altercation, complication, quandary
Quote: "An endless imbroglio
Is law and the world,—
Then first shalt thou know,
That in the wild turmoil,
Horsed on the Proteus,
Thou ridest to power,
And to endurance." -Ralph Waldo Emerson
WordCount Popularity Rank: #77,685
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