intriguanteintriganten.
/ˌɪntrɪˈɡɑːnt/, /ˌɪntrɪˈɡant/, /ˈɪntrᵻɡ(ə)nt/, U.S. /ˌɪntriˈɡɑnt/, /ˈɪntrəˌɡɑnt/ A woman who intrigues.
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the mind > will > intention > planning > plotting > [noun] > plotter > female
intriguessa1734
intriguante1806
1806 M. Edgeworth Leonora I. xvii. 112 Madame de P—— is a perfect specimen of the combination of an intrigante and an élégante.
1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto XIV lxiii. 146 Her Grace too pass'd for being an Intrigante..One of those pretty, precious plagues, which haunt A lover with caprices soft and dear.
1829 E. Bulwer-Lytton Devereux II. ii. vii. 114 My mistress was the greatest intriguante of her party.
1856 R. A. Vaughan Hours with Mystics (1860) II. viii. iv. 51 That he must toil in obscurity..to subserve the ambition of an implacable intriguante.
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