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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Im-brōg'lio, n.

noun

(im-brōl'yo), n. [Written also em-broglio.] [It. See BROIL.]

  1. (Drama.) An intricate, complicated plot.
  2. A complicated and embarrassing state of things. “Wrestling to free itself from the baleful imbroglio.” Carlyle.