sirenicadj.
/sʌɪˈrɛnɪk/ rare.
1. Melodious; charming, fascinating, alluring.
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the mind > will > motivation > attraction, allurement, or enticement > [adjective] > fascinating or enchanting
bewitching1553
witching1570
sirenical1599
taking1603
enchantinga1616
fascinating1618
bewitchfulc1633
charming1664
sirenica1704
captivating1772
captivative1772
fascinative1833
airy-fairy1837
enthralling1851
taky1854
thralling1871
society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > [adjective] > melodious or harmonious
sweetc900
merryOE
softc1230
accordanta1325
well-soundingc1350
cordant1382
sootc1385
songfula1400
melodiousa1425
sugaredc1430
well-toneda1500
tunable1504
dulcea1513
equivalenta1513
consonant?1521
harmonicala1527
harmoniousc1550
consorteda1586
Orphean1593
concentful1595
melodical1596
sweet-recording1598
tuneful1598
sirenical1599
high-tuned1603
nightingale-like1611
soundful?1615
according1626
modulaminous1637
undiscording1645
canorous1646
symphonious1652
concinnous1654
consonous1654
harmonic1667
sirenica1704
symphonial1773
concentual1782
chantant1785
Memnonian1800
melodized1807
Orphic1817
undiscordant1819
concentuous1850
fluting1852
melodic1871
well-orchestrated1872
jarless1876
tuny1885
tunesome1890
a1704 T. Brown Ep. to C. Dives in Wks. (1709) IV. i 68 Spell-caught by their Syrenick Voice.
1822 T. G. Wainewright Ess. & Crit. (1880) 292 I can truly describe her intense power over me as that of the moon on the restless tides;—a Syrenic song [etc.].
1877 J. Ruskin Fors Clavigera VII. lxxxiii. 360 Which satyric dance and sirenic song accomplished.
2. Of persons: Sweet-singing.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > singing > [adjective] > singing sweetly
sirenical1604
sirenic1797
1797 A. Seward Lett. (1811) IV. 393 Nor less was he charmed with the vocal duetts and trios of our syrenic friends.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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