enchantment
pronunciation
How to pronounce enchantment in British English:
UK [ɪnˈtʃɑ:ntmənt]
How to pronounce enchantment in American English:
US [ɪnˈtʃæntmənt]
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- Noun:
- a feeling of great liking for something wonderful and unusual
- a psychological state induced by (or as if induced by) a magical incantation
- a magical spell
Word Origin
- enchantment (n.)
- c. 1300, "act of magic or witchcraft; use of magic; magic power," from Old French encantement "magical spell; song, concert, chorus," from enchanter "bewitch, charm," from Latin incantare "enchant, cast a (magic) spell upon," from in- "upon, into" (see in- (2)) + cantare "to sing" (see chant (v.)). Figurative sense of "allurement" is from 1670s. Compare Old English galdor "song," also "spell, enchantment," from galan "to sing," which also is the source of the second element in nightingale.
Example
- 1. Beauty is a shortcut to enchantment .
- 2. Waiting is an enchantment : I have received orders not to move .
- 3. Sacrifice seal of primordium : destroy target artifact or enchantment .
- 4. It was a place of deep mystery and enchantment .
- 5. Suddenly the bell that gives the signal for the end of the carnival sounded , and at the same instant all the moccoletti were extinguished as if by enchantment .