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effascination

effascination noun: a charm; bewitchment or delusion.

Noun

effascination (countable and uncountable, plural effascinations)

  1. (obsolete) A charm; bewitchment or delusion.
    • If in myne eies there be effaſcination, / How comes it there is no ſuch alteration / In others I behold?1637, Tho[mas] Heywood, “Procvs & Pvella”, in Pleasant Dialogues and Dramma’s, Selected out of Lucian, Erasmus, Textor, Ovid, &c. […], London: […] R. O[ulton] for R. H[earne], and are to be sold by...
    • But what will not madneſs and effaſcination make a man phanſie to uphold his own Prejudices?1660, H[enry] More, An Explanation of the Grand Mystery of Godliness; […], London: […] J[ames] Flesher, for W[illiam] Morden […], →OCLC, book I, page 354

Forms of effascination

pluraleffascinations

Origin of effascination

Latin effascinatio.

Questions about effascination

What does effascination mean?
Effascination means a charm; bewitchment or delusion.
What part of speech is effascination?
Effascination is a noun.
What is the plural of effascination?
The plural of effascination is effascinations.

Words near effascination in the dictionary

  1. effacing
  2. effascinate
  3. effascinated
  4. effascinates
  5. effascinating
  6. effascination
  7. effascinations
  8. effay
  9. EFFDS
  10. effect
  11. effect size

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