charmer


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
charm/tʃɑːm/
noun
  • 1 the power or quality of delighting, attracting, or fascinating others.

    ■ an attractive characteristic or feature.

  • 2 a small ornament worn on a necklace or bracelet.
  • 3 an object, act, or saying believed to have magic power.
  • 4 Physics one of six flavours of quark.
verb
  • 1 delight greatly.

    ■ use one's charm in order to influence (someone).

  • 2 control or achieve by or as if by magic.
– derivatives
charmer noun,
charmless adjective,
charmlessly adverb,
charmlessness noun.
– origin ME: from OFr. charme (n.), charmer (v.), from L. carmen ‘song, verse, incantation’.
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