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enticement en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ɪnˈtaɪsmənt/
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Etymology

From Old French enticement.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The act or practice of enticing, of alluring or tempting.
   • Suddenly on the far side of the street Rozsi and her sister passed, with little baskets on their arms. He started up, and at that moment Rozsi looked round--her face was the incarnation of enticement, the chin tilted, the lower lip thrust a little forward, her round neck curving back over her shoulder. Swithin muttered, "Make your own arrangements--leave me out!" and hurried from the room, leaving James beside himself with interest and alarm. 1900, John Galsworthy, chapter 5, in Salvation of a Forsyte:
2. (countable, uncountable) That which entices, or incites to evil; means of allurement; an alluring object.
   • None but those who have experienced them can conceive of the enticements of science. 1818, Mary Shelley, chapter 4, in Frankenstein, archived from the original on 30 Oct 2011:
   • In Persia, newly married couples were presented with sheep's trotters steeped in vinegar as a love enticement. 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 220:

Forms

Translations (11)

la illecebra (that which entices) · ota فتنه (that which entices) · ota فتنه (act or practice of enticing) · de Verlockung (that which entices) · hi प्रलोभन (that which entices) · de Verführung (act or practice of enticing) · ota وسوسه (that which entices) · hi प्रलोभन (act or practice of enticing) · la exorabulum (that which entices) · grc δελεασμός (act or practice of enticing) · ota وسوسه (act or practice of enticing)