enchantment

noun
/ɪnˈt͡ʃænt.mənt/US/ɪnˈtʃɑːnt.mənt/UK

Etymology

From Middle English enchauntement, from Old French enchantement.

  1. derived from enchantement
  2. inherited from enchauntement

Definitions

  1. The act of enchanting or the feeling of being enchanted.

  2. Something that enchants

    Something that enchants; a magical spell.

    • Bodin, the medieval demonographer, enumerates various methods of producing anaphrodisiac effects by enchantments.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at enchantment. 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.

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

8 hops · closes at enchantment

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