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单词 seductive
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seductiveadj.

/sɪˈdʌktɪv/
Etymology: < Latin type seductīvus , < sēduct- , participial stem of sēdūcĕre : see seduce v. and -ive suffix.
1. Tending to seduce or lead astray; that leads to error. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > [adjective] > leading to error
stumblingc1425
seducive1774
seductive1782
1782 J. Brown Compend. View Nat. & Revealed Relig. (1796) iv. i. 249 If Christ be not the Most High God, the language of scripture is most obscure, seductive, impious, and absurd.
2. Alluring, enticing, winning.
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the mind > attention and judgement > attractiveness > [adjective]
gracious1340
glorious skinnyc1400
drawing1435
gracefulc1449
attrayant1477
well-favoured1539
alluring1567
graceda1586
attracting1589
attractive1592
winning1596
appealing1598
taking1603
allicient1613
enchantinga1616
motive1615
temptinga1616
allurant1631
catchinga1640
gaining1642
canny1643
charmful1656
charming1664
mignon1671
disarminga1718
prepossessing1737
seducing1749
seductive176.
eye-catching1770
sweet1779
catchy1784
attaching1785
engaging1816
cute1834
cunning1843
taky1854
cynosural1855
smart1860
fetching1880
seductious1883
fruity1900
barry1923
hot stuff1928
swoony1934
dishy1961
dolly1964
jiggy1996
aegyo2007
176. J. Langhorne Sun-flower & Ivy i, in Fables of Flora x Go, splendid sycophant! no more Display thy soft seductive arts!
1809–10 S. T. Coleridge Friend (1865) 19 One of the most seductive arguments of infidelity.., asserting the lawfulness of deceit for a good purpose.
1824 T. F. Dibdin Libr. Compan. 745 The seductive charms of poetry.
1856 W. A. Butler Serm. 2nd Ser. xxiv. 348 Every seductive companion who would blind your eyes to this awful fact, is but the active minister of Satan.
1871 G. H. Napheys Prevention & Cure Dis. i. iii. 114 The seductive pleasures of opium-eating.
1878 W. E. H. Lecky Hist. Eng. 18th Cent. II. vii. 430 His manners in private life were eminently seductive and insinuating.
1908 Outlook 26 Sept. 395/2 It owes something of its beauty to the seductive setting of an autumn morning.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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