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spellbound

adj
/ˈspɛlˌbaʊnd/US

Etymology

From spell + bound.

  1. derived from bombus — “a humming or buzzing”
  2. derived from bombitō — “hum, buzz”
  3. derived from bondir — “leap", "bound", originally "make a loud resounding noise”
  4. inherited from *bounden✻
  5. compounded as spellbound — “spell + bound”

Definitions

  1. Under the influence of a magical spell

    Under the influence of a magical spell; enchanted, bewitched, or supernaturally constrained.

    • At once he sniffed the smell of man. At once he feared his hidden lair had been looted while he slept. How had a man dared to come so close? He must have trod next to the dragon's head so as not to be spellbound.

  2. Fascinated by something

    Fascinated by something; entranced as if by a spell; captivated.

    • The story left the children spellbound.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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

5 hops · closes at spellbound

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