intriguing /ɪnˈtɹiːɡɪŋ/adjective 3noun 1forms 3 adjective3 •Causing a desire to know more; mysterious. •Involving oneself in secret plots or schemes.A book that does not sell us the powerful, intriguing women of Rome simply as poisoners, schemers, and femmes fatales […] — 2011 •(no longer used) Having clandestine or illicit intercourse. noun1 •(old-fashioned) An intrigue.In all these negotiations, and caballings, and intriguings, the person most concerned, Frances Coke, the beauty and the heiress, was only the ball in the game. — 1909 formsintriguings · more intriguing · most intriguing