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Imbroglio   /ɪmbrˈoʊljoʊ/   Listen
Imbroglio

noun
(pl. imbroglios)  (Written also embroglio)
1.
An intricate and confusing interpersonal or political situation.  Synonym: embroilment.
2.
A very embarrassing misunderstanding.





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... Thayer of Worcester, Charles Field, Williard Phillips of Salem, Colonel Henry Walker of Boston, Mr. Ernst of the Boston Advertiser, and Judge Henry Fox of Taunton. The condition of Russia and the Conkling imbroglio in New York; the new version of the Testament and the reason why German Liberals, transplanted to this soil, immediately become conservative and exclusive, were all considered. Carl Schurz, with his narrow ideas of woman's sphere and education, was mentioned by way ...
— History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III (of III) • Various


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