INTRIGUED
Verb
intrigued
simple past tense and past participle of intrigue
Anagrams
• nigritude
Source: Wiktionary
INTRIGUE
In*trigue", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Intrigued; p. pr. & vb. n.
Intriguing.] Etym: [F. intriguer, OF. intriquer, entriquer; cf. It.
intrigare. See Intricate, Extricate.]
1. To form a plot or scheme; to contrive to accomplish a purpose by
secret artifice.
2. To carry on a secret and illicit love or amour.
In*trigue", v. t.
Definition: To fill with artifice and duplicity; to complicate; to
embarrass. [Obs.]
How doth it [sin] perplex and intrique the whole course of your
lives! Dr. J. Scott.
In*trigue", n. Etym: [Cf. F. intrique. See Intrigue, v. i.]
1. Intricacy; complication. [Obs.] Sir M. Hale.
2. A complicated plot or scheme intended to effect some purpose by
secret artifice; conspiracy; stratagem.
Busy meddlers with intrigues of state. Pomfret.
3. The plot or romance; a complicated scheme of designs, actions, and
events. Pope.
4. A secret and illicit love affair between two persons of different
sexes; an amour; a liaison.
The hero of a comedy is represented victorious in all his intrigues.
Swift.
Syn.
– Plot; scheme; conspiracy; machination.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition