intriguer

From intrigue +‎ -er.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈtɹiːɡə/

intriguer (plural intriguers)

1. One who intrigues; one who forms plots, or pursues an object by secret means.

   Synonym: intrigant

   • 1856 June 14, “England and America”, in The Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science, and Art, volume 2, number 33, London: John W. Parker and Son, page 142:

     [W]hatever may be the result, political intriguers will find it difficult to substitute a clamour against England for the universal excitement produced by domestic controversies.

• “intriguer”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “intriguer”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Borrowed from Italian intrigare. Doublet of intriquer.

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.tʁi.ɡe/

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intriguer

1. (transitive) to puzzle; to make interested or curious
2. (intransitive) to scheme, to connive

• “intriguer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• irriguent