alluring

adjective

No English definition recorded for this entry.

Pronunciation: /əˈlʊɹɪŋ/ / /əˈlɝɪŋ/ / /əˈlʊəɹɪŋ/

Etymology: By surface analysis, allure + -ing.

Having the power to allure.
“Captain Edward Carlisle, soldier as he was, martinet as he was, felt a curious sensation of helplessness seize upon him as he met her steady gaze, her alluring smile ; he could not tell what this prisoner might do.”

Etymology: By surface analysis, allure + -ing.

The act or habit of enticing or attracting in order to seek a benefit or advantage.
“Was this poor breast, from Love's allurings free, / Cruel to all, and gentle unto thee ?”
“For, as when the red-cheeked, dancing girls, April and May, trip home to the wintry, misanthropic woods; even the barest, ruggedest, most thunder-cloven old oak will at least send forth some few green sprouts, to welcome such glad-hearted visitants; so Ahab did, in the end, a little respond to the playful allurings of that girlish air.”

Etymology: By surface analysis, allure + -ing.