mesmeric
adjective
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Pronunciation: /mɛzˈmɛɹɪk/
adj
- Of or relating to mesmerism or mesmerization.
“Even were he to write a lie, he could not meet her and maintain it, with her eyes upon his face: they had uttermost power over him—power as of life and death,—those fine grey sweet mesmeric eyes !”
“Podson's globular stare assured any woman that the bargain was sacred. It was solemn, intent, opaque; it was also slightly mesmeric, which is to say that it gave out everything and took in nothing.”