单词 | enticing |
释义 | enticingn. The action of entice v. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > attraction, allurement, or enticement > [noun] tightingc1000 tolling?c1225 ticement1303 enticinga1340 ticinga1400 atticement1483 allure1534 luring1547 enticement1549 allurement1561 allurance1574 alluring1579 illurement1582 attraction1591 lurement1592 till1596 invitation1602 tract1620 illecebration1624 prolectation1625 invitement1627 inescation1645 inveiglement1653 allectation1656 tracture1658 solicitation1676 drumming1833 come-hither1835 chemistry1898 come-hitherness1918 a1340 R. Rolle Psalter xviii. 13 Synnes þat comes of ill eggyngis [S. euel entysynge]. 1483 Cath. Angl. 197/1 An Intysynge, jncitacio. 1530 Myroure Oure Ladye (Fawkes) (1873) ii. 194 They felle thorughe the entysynge of the wycked spyryte. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Ecclus. ix. 4 Heare hir not, lest thou perish thorow hir entysinge. 1823 W. Scott Peveril I. vii. 181 Pardon my enticing away from your service the young woman. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). enticingadj. That entices or instigates; insidiously attractive; alluring, beguiling, seductive. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > attraction, allurement, or enticement > [adjective] tolling?c1225 ticinga1400 allectivec1487 illecebrous1531 alluring1534 tracting1535 wooing1549 enticing1553 training1557 tittling1560 luring1570 adamantine1581 baiting1585 winning1596 attractive1600 adamantic1605 adamantive1605 enticeable1607 soliciting1608 magnetic1611 invitinga1616 allurant1631 inescating1633 invitative1634 magnetical1638 invitatory1646 tractive1658 odalisque1837 Pied Piper1869 lureful1887 follow-me1888 luresome1889 come-hitherish1901 come-hither1905 come-hithery1919 invitational1922 come-hithering1935 1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique 40 A brothell house where entisinge harlottes lived. 1611 Bible (King James) Coloss. ii. 4 Lest any man should beguile you with entising words. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) i. iii. 92 My selfe haue..plac't a Quier of such enticing Birds. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 106 The soft Seducer, with enticing Looks, The bellowing Rivals to the Fight provokes. View more context for this quotation 1788 E. Burke Speech against W. Hastings in Wks. (1822) XIII. 305 Ladies recommended..by sweet and enticing names. 1891 N.E.D. at Enticing Mod., I do not find the prospect enticing. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1340adj.1553 |
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