enticement
English
Etymology
From Old French enticement.
Noun
enticement (countable and uncountable, plural enticements)
- The act or practice of enticing, of alluring or tempting
- 1900, John Galsworthy, Salvation of a Forsyte Chapter 5
- 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.
- That which entices, or incites to evil; means of allurement; an alluring object
References
- enticement in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- enticement in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Old French
Etymology
enticier + -ment.
Noun
enticement m (oblique plural enticemenz or enticementz, nominative singular enticemenz or enticementz, nominative plural enticement)
- incitement (act, instance of inciting)
Descendants
- English: enticement (borrowed)
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (enticement)
- enticement on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
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