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allure

noun
/əˈlʊɚ/US/əˈlʊə/UK/əˈlʉːɹ/

Etymology

From Middle English aluren, from Old French aleurer, alurer, from a (“to, towards”) (Latin ad) + leurre (“lure”). By surface analysis, al- + lure.

  1. derived from alurer
  2. inherited from aluren

Definitions

  1. The power to attract, entice

    The power to attract, entice; the quality causing attraction.

  2. To entice

    To entice; to attract.

    • [They retained] their ſweet skill in wonted melody; / Which euer after they abuſd to ill, / T’allure weake trueillers, whom gotten they did kill.
    • Injustice doth allure them; as the honour of their vertuous actions enticeth the good.
    • A tender voice his wondring ear allur'd.

  3. Gait

    Gait; bearing.

    • Harper's Magazine The swing, the gait, the pose, the allure of these men.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. The walkway along the top of a castle wall, sometimes entirely covered and normally…

      The walkway along the top of a castle wall, sometimes entirely covered and normally behind a parapet; the wall walk.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at allure. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01allure02power03ability04necessary05determined06resolute07firm08football09attempt10tempt

A definitional loop anchored at allure. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at allure

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA