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allurement en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /əˈlʊɚmənt/ (US)
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• /əˈlɚmənt/ (US)

Etymology

Etymology tree English allure Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English allurement From allure + -ment.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Attractiveness; appeal, charisma.
   • He read the letter aloud. Sophia listened with the studied air of one for whom, even in these days, a title possessed some surreptitious allurement. 1921, Ben Travers, chapter 1, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC:
2. (countable, uncountable) An enticement, inducement or bait.
   • The sheer unimaginableness of coming into her mouth — of coming into anything other than the air or a tissue or a dirty sock — was an allurement too stupendous for a novice to forswear. 2008, Philip Roth, Indignation:
   • That though their Thoughts are ever turn'd upon appearing Aimiable, yet every Feature of their Faces and every Part of their Dress is fill'd with Snares and Allurements. 1723, Charles Walker, Memoirs of Sally Salisbury:

Forms

Translations (3)

hi लोभन (enticement or inducement) · grc δελεασμός (enticement or inducement) · eo allogado (attractiveness, appeal, charisma)