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71Temptingly — Tempting Tempt ing, a. Adapted to entice or allure; attractive; alluring; seductive; enticing; as, tempting pleasures. {Tempt ing*ly}, adv. {Tempt ing*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] …
72Temptingness — Tempting Tempt ing, a. Adapted to entice or allure; attractive; alluring; seductive; enticing; as, tempting pleasures. {Tempt ing*ly}, adv. {Tempt ing*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] …
73attract — verb Etymology: Middle English, from Latin attractus, past participle of attrahere, from ad + trahere to pull, draw Date: 15th century transitive verb to cause to approach or adhere: as a. to pull to or draw toward oneself or itself < a magnet… …
74entice — transitive verb (enticed; enticing) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French enticer, from Vulgar Latin *intitiare, from Latin in + titio firebrand Date: 14th century to attract artfully or adroitly or by arousing hope or desire ; tempt… …
75insidious — adjective Etymology: Latin insidiosus, from insidiae ambush, from insidēre to sit in, sit on, from in + sedēre to sit more at sit Date: 1545 1. a. awaiting a chance to entrap ; treacherous b. harmful but enticing ; seductive …
76palatable — adjective Date: 1664 1. agreeable to the palate or taste 2. agreeable or acceptable to the mind • palatability noun • palatableness noun • palatably adverb Synonyms: palatable, appetizing, savory …
77tempting — adjective Date: 1588 having an appeal ; enticing < a tempting offer > • temptingly adverb …
78goo-goo — I. adjective Etymology: perhaps alteration of 2goggle Date: 1900 loving, enticing used chiefly in the phrase goo goo eyes II. noun (plural goo goos) Etymology: from good government Date: 1912 a member …
79lure — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French lure, leure, of Germanic origin; akin to Middle High German luoder bait; perhaps akin to Old English lathian to invite, Old High German ladōn Date: 14th century 1. an object usually of leather… …
80siren — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French & Latin; Middle French sereine, from Late Latin sirena, from Latin siren, from Greek seirēn Date: 14th century 1. often capitalized any of a group of female and partly human creatures in Greek …
