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Definition of Allurement
1. Noun. Attractiveness. "Its allurement was its remoteness"
2. Noun. The power to entice or attract through personal charm.
Generic synonyms: Attraction, Attractiveness
Specialized synonyms: Invitation
Derivative terms: Allure, Allure, Tempting
3. Noun. The act of enticing a person to do something wrong (as an offer of sex in return for money).
Generic synonyms: Enticement, Temptation
Derivative terms: Allure, Solicit
Definition of Allurement
1. n. The act alluring; temptation; enticement.
Definition of Allurement
1. Noun. attractiveness, allure or charisma ¹
2. Noun. an enticement, inducement or bait ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Allurement
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Allurement
Literary usage of Allurement
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Add to this the allurement of her climate and her manners. Italy of the Renaissance,
invaded, devastated, trampled under foot by these men of the North, ..."
2. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1901)
"... Then nature for a sweet allurement sets Two smelling, swelling, bashful
cherry-UIs ; The which with ruby-redness being tip'd, ..."
3. Le Jongleur de Notre Dame: (The Juggler of Notre Dame); Miracle Play in by Jules Massenet, Maurice Lena (1907)
"Yet, not even their skilful brushes could depict the ineffable charm of the lovely
ladies of the Court—the subtle and delicate allurement of their perfume. ..."
4. Poetical Quotations from Chaucer to Tennyson: With Copious Indexes by Samuel Austin Allibone (1875)
"Against allurement, custom, and a world Offended ; fearless of reproach and scorn,
Or violence. MILTON. Though plunged in ills, and exercised in care, ..."
5. Memoirs of Marmontel, Written by Himself: Containing His Literary and by Jean François Marmontel (1807)
"... éf their allurement, in losing the actors for whom I had written them.
That same year (1772) I had at court an appearance of success of another kind, ..."
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