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▪ I. intriguing, vbl. n.|ɪnˈtriːgɪŋ|
[f. intrigue v. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb intrigue.
1813(title) Suppressed Evidence or Royal Intriguing, being a History of the Courtship [etc.] of the Princess of Wales. 1840Dickens Barn. Rudge xii, Not lying. Only a little management, a little diplomacy, a little—intriguing, that's the word. 1890Anthenæum 4 Oct. 441/2 There is much intriguing and some play of character.
attrib.1801Mrs. Croffts Salvador II. 71 A noble English Lord of intriguing memory.
▪ II. inˈtriguing, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That intrigues; forming secret plots or schemes. Also, that excites interest or curiosity; fascinating.
1682Tate in Dryden's Abs. & Achit. ii. 521 Intriguing fops, dull jesters, and worse pimps. 1790Burke Fr. Rev. Wks. V. 41 A man much connected with literary caballers, and intriguing philosophers. 1895United Service Mag. July 377 Turks..governed by a lot of intriguing women. 1909Daily Chron. 29 Apr. 3/2 A brisk, intriguing, and entertaining story. 1920Isis (Oxf.) 27 Oct. 2/1 Edited..by three members of Oriel..with a longish and intriguing introduction by Mr. John Masefield. 1935W. S. Maugham Don Fernando x. 190, I would say boldly then that no great artist is more intriguing than El Greco. 1974Observer 10 Feb. 32/8 Even more intriguing than the sociology of fashion is its psychology.
Hence inˈtriguingly adv., in an intriguing manner; with secret machinations.
1742Richardson Pamela III. 329 Having been thus tempted, thus try'd, by the Man she hated not, pursued, not intriguingly pursuing. 1755in Johnson. 1922Blackw. Mag. June 778/2 The line of alders on the far bank was intriguingly punctuated with squatting figures. 1970Daily Tel. (Colour Suppl.) 30 Oct. 15/1 She was a mine of intriguingly useless information. |