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発音

• IPA: /ɪnˈtaɪsmənt/

名詞

enticement (countable and uncountable, plural enticements)

1. The act or practice of enticing, of alluring or tempting.
   • 1900, John Galsworthy, chapter 5, in Salvation of a Forsyte:

     Suddenly on the far side of the street Rozsi and her sister passed, with little baskets on their arms. He started up, and at that moment Rozsi looked round--her face was the incarnation of enticement, the chin tilted, the lower lip thrust a little forward, her round neck curving back over her shoulder. Swithin muttered, "Make your own arrangements--leave me out!" and hurried from the room, leaving James beside himself with interest and alarm.

2. That which entices, or incites to evil; means of allurement; an alluring object.
   • 1818, Mary Shelley, chapter 4, in Frankenstein‎, archived from the original on 30 October 2011:

     None but those who have experienced them can conceive of the enticements of science.

参照

• “enticement”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “enticement”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

アナグラム

• encitement