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発音

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈvaɪtmənt/
• 韻: -aɪtmənt

名詞

invitement (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 invitements)

1. (obsolete) invitation; allurement; temptation
   • 1823, Elia [pseudonym; Charles Lamb], Elia. Essays which have Appeared under that Signature in The London Magazine, London: […] Taylor and Hessey, […], OCLC 559961973:

     […] had alighted upon this magnificent chamber; and, tired with his tedious explorations, was unable to resist the delicious invitement to repose, which he there saw exhibited; […]

   • a. 1680, Thomas Goodwin, The Glory of the Gospel

     These are great invitements unto men to become saints.

   • c. 1621–6, Philip Massinger, “The Unnatural Combat”, in Gifford, William, editor, The Plays of Philip Massinger‎^[1], Act 1, Scene 1, published 1845, page 35:

     I'll seek no other ordinary then, / But be his daily guest without invitement; […]