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alluring

adj
/əˈlʊɹɪŋ/US/əˈlʊəɹɪŋ/UK

Etymology

By surface analysis, allure + -ing.

Definitions

  1. 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.

  2. 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 ?
    • Lookout heights and Smoky Mountains have allurings all their own.

  3. present participle and gerund of allure

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at alluring. 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.

01alluring02attracting03attract04engage05socially06social07outgoing08friendly09inviting

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

9 hops · closes at alluring

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