embranglement

Variant of embrangle

embrangle definition

em·bran·gle (em braŋ′gəl, im-)

transitive verb embrangled -·gled, embrangling -·gling

to entangle; mix up; confuse; perplex

Etymology: em- (see en-) + dial. brangle, to wrangle, prob. var. of wrangle, infl. ? by Fr branler, to confuse

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