enticement

English

Etymology

From Old French enticement.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈtaɪsmənt/

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Noun

enticement (countable and uncountable, plural enticements)

1. The act or practice of enticing, of alluring or tempting
   • 1900, John Galsworthy, chapter 5, in Salvation of a Forsyte:

     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.

2. That which entices, or incites to evil; means of allurement; an alluring object
   • 1818, Mary Shelley, chapter 4, in Frankenstein‎^[1], archived from the original on 30 October 2011:

     None but those who have experienced them can conceive of the enticements of science.

Translations

act or practice of enticing

• Greek:

  Ancient: δελεασμός m (deleasmós)

that which entices

• Latin: illecebra f, exorabulum n

References

• “enticement”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “enticement”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• encitement

Old French

Etymology

enticier +‎ -ment.

Noun

enticement oblique singular, m (oblique plural enticemenz or enticementz, nominative singular enticemenz or enticementz, nominative plural enticement)

1. incitement (act, instance of inciting)

Descendants

• → English: enticement

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (enticement)
• enticement on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub