fascinous

English

Etymology

From Latin fascinum (“witchcraft”), akin to fascinare. See fascinate.

Adjective

fascinous (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Caused or acting by witchcraft.
   • 1672, Gideon Harvey, Morbus Anglicus, Or, The Anatomy of Consumptions:

     fascinous diseases

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “fascinous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)