English
intrigante
Intrigante comes from French intrigant ‘intriguing, curious, odd’.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentintrigantas intrigante‘intriguing, curious, odd’
- Englishearliest quotation 1862intrigante
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Frenchc. 1600–presentintrigantas intrigante‘intriguing, curious, odd’
- Englishearliest quotation 1862intrigante
Earliest quotation: 1862, The Living Age: “It is curious to find her on one occasion…”
Every English word from French intrigant
Today it means
noun A female intriguer.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French intrigant / intrigante