Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Enticing; alluring; full of allurement.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Alluring; attractive; enticing.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective archaic Tending to
attract ;enticing .
Etymologies
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Latin illecere and -ous.
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Examples
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Other translators and setters of movable type likewise had little choice but to cram printed pages with sights never before seen: illecebrous, fatigate, abequitate, questitious, anacephalize, and obtestate.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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Other translators and setters of movable type likewise had little choice but to cram printed pages with sights never before seen: illecebrous, fatigate, abequitate, questitious, anacephalize, and obtestate.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
she commented on the word illecebrous
adj., Attractive, alluring (from Latin illecebra, charm, lure, enticement).
July 9, 2008