fascination
nounEtymology
From Latin fascinare ("to bewitch"), possibly from Ancient Greek βασκαίνιεν (baskaínien, “to speak ill of; to curse”). Morphologically fascinate + -ion.
- borrowed from fascinātus
Definitions
The act of bewitching, or enchanting
- Little disappointed, then, she turned attention to "Chat of the Social World," gossip which exercised potent fascination upon the girl's intelligence.
The state or condition of being fascinated.
- To my fascination, the skies turned all kinds of colours.
- Sliding down the shaft he lay still, the spear jutting above him its full length, like a horrible stalk growing out of his back. The girl stared down at him in morbid fascination, until Khemsa took her arm and led her through the gate.
Something which fascinates.
- Life after death had always been a great fascination to him.
The neighborhood
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at fascination. 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.
A definitional loop anchored at fascination. 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 fascination
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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