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embroglio

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em⋅bro⋅glio

  [em-brohl-yoh]
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–noun, plural -glios.
imbroglio.
Origin:
confused with embroil

im⋅bro⋅glio

  [im-brohl-yoh]
–noun, plural -glios.
1. a misunderstanding, disagreement, etc., of a complicated or bitter nature, as between persons or nations.
2. an intricate and perplexing state of affairs; a complicated or difficult situation.
3. a confused heap.
Also, embroglio.

Origin:
1740–50; < It, deriv. of imbrogliare to embroil
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Word Origin & History

imbroglio 
1750, from It. imbroglio, from imbrogliare "confuse, tangle," from in- "in" + brogliare "embroil," probably from M.Fr. brouiller "confuse" (see broil (2)).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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