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imbroglio

/ɪmˈbɹoʊljoʊ/

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What does imbroglio mean?

noun

  1. A complicated situation; an entanglement.

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/ɪmˈbɹoʊljoʊ/

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I do not wish to say that God did not foresee everything which would ensue; but here comes very nearly the same sort of wretched imbroglio as between freewill and preordained necessity.
Charles DarwinMore Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 A Record of His Work in a Series of Hitherto Unpublished LettersProject Gutenberg ebook #2739