entranced

English

Etymology

entrance +‎ -ed

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɛnˈtɹɑːnst/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ɛnˈtɹænst/

Adjective

entranced (comparative more entranced, superlative most entranced)

1. Placed in a trance.
   • 1801, Robert Southey, “(please specify the page)”, in Thalaba the Destroyer, volumes (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] [F]or T[homas] N[orton] Longman and O[wen] Rees, […], by Biggs and Cottle, […], →OCLC:

     There sate a Spirit in the vault,
     In shape, in hue, in lineaments, like life,
     And by him couch’d, as if intranced,
     The hundred-headed Worm that never dies.

2. Held at attention, as if by magic.
   • 1956, Arthur C. Clarke, The City and the Stars, page 37:

     The entranced spectator was cut off from reality as long as the adventure lasted; it was as if he lived a dream yet believed he was awake.

Synonyms

• bedazzled, bewitched, fascinated, hypnotized, mesmerized, spellbound

Translations

held at attention, as if by magic

• Bulgarian: захласнат (bg) (zahlasnat)
• Finnish: haltioitunut, lumoutunut
• German: bezaubert (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: νυμφόληπτος (numphólēptos)

Verb

entranced

1. simple past and past participle of entrance