In‐trigue″, n. [Cf. F. intrique. See Intrigue, v. i.]
1. Intricacy; complication. 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 of a play 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.