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allure

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
allure

▶noun powerful attraction or fascination. ▶verb (often as adj. alluring) powerfully attract or charm.

– derivatives
allurement noun,
alluringly adverb.

– origin ME: from OFr. aleurier ‘attract’, from a- (from L. ad ‘to’) + luere ‘a lure’ (orig. a falconry term).

'allure' also found in these Oxford entries:

glamour - masher

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