The state of being tangled, twisted, or caught up in something confusing or complicated.
From en- + brangle (from Middle English brangler, meaning to wrangle or dispute) + -ment (suffix forming nouns). Originally meant argument or quarreling, then evolved to mean entanglement.
This rare word captures something wonderful: the idea that confusion and argument are literally 'tangled up' together. When politicians get into an enbranglement of policy debates, they're both confused AND quarreling!
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