Imbroglii

Unlawful connexions, indeed, are a fruitful source of trouble, and produce some of the most interesting imbroglii in life.

16 imbarazzi, imbroglii, madia

Gioacchino Rossini composed many brilliant imbroglii in such operas as The Barber of Seville, but he did not invent the form, he inherited it from the natural way of speaking Italian when you are in passionate disagreement with another native speaker of the language.