engagingnessn.
The quality of being engaging or fascinating; attractiveness, seductiveness.
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the mind > attention and judgement > attractiveness > [noun]
drawingc1300
favourc1300
gracea1382
graciousnessa1425
likingnessc1450
allurement1548
allurance1574
seemliness1577
gracefulnessa1586
blandishment1594
attractiveness1622
takingness1652
engagingness1727
winningness1727
temptingness1802
cuteness1807
attachingness1808
winsomeness1825
beaux yeux1828
prepossessingness1876
enchantingness1879
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1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Insinuatingness,..insinuating Nature, Engagingness.
a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. iii. 10 The engagingness of mischief.
1906 G. Saintsbury Minor Poets of Caroline Period II. 371 A certain quality of engagingness which it has.
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