intriguantintrigantn.adj.
/antriˈɡɒ̃//ˈɪntrɪɡənt/ A. n.
An intriguer.
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the mind > will > intention > planning > plotting > [noun] > plotter
compassera1513
engineer?a1513
hafter1519
contrivera1522
deviser1523
intrycarc1540
practiser1545
practisant1550
practitioner1560
brewer1563
platformer1572
hatcher1578
politician1586
plotter1594
tamperer1599
plotcaster1602
machinator1611
plot-maker1641
trinketer1651
intriguer1667
plot-monger1683
schemist1724
under-plotter1728
intriguant1781
policizer1809
intriguist1830
schemer1846
planster1945
wheeler-dealer1960
1781 J. Bentham Wks. (1843) X. 93 One of the busiest and most successful of intriguants.
1794 Amer. St. Papers, For. Relat. (1832) I. 403 Putting off the character of minister to put on that of intriguant.
1809 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1837) IV. 507 [He] has certainly the mind and manners of an intrigant.
1846 C. G. F. Gore Sketches Eng. Char. I. 54 The appearance of Farren in the part of the ambitious intriguant.
1886 Cent. Mag. Nov. 33/1 Illiterate intriguants..insisted on shaping legislation according to their own fancy.
B. adj.
Intriguing; scheming.
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the mind > will > intention > planning > plotting > [adjective]
compassingc1440
practising1556
plotting1592
contrivinga1616
intriguing1682
plotful1732
machinating1751
policizing1825
scheming1838
intriguant1897
wheeling-dealing1973
1897 African Critic 21 Aug. 224 The most unscrupulous and intriguant amongst the Continental oligarchies.
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