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fascinous

fascinous adjective: caused or acting by witchcraft.

Adjective

fascinous (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Caused or acting by witchcraft.
    • fascinous diseases1672, Gideon Harvey, Morbus Anglicus, Or, The Anatomy of Consumptions
    • […] nor did I ever but once see him escape from the fascinous kind of influence which had seized upon him.1834, The New Monthly Magazine and Literary Journal, page 149

Origin of fascinous

From Latin fascinum (“witchcraft”), akin to fascinare. See fascinate.

Questions about fascinous

What does fascinous mean?
Fascinous means caused or acting by witchcraft.
What part of speech is fascinous?
Fascinous is an adjective.

Words near fascinous in the dictionary

  1. fascinery
  2. fascines
  3. fascining
  4. fascinoma
  5. fascinomas
  6. fascinous
  7. fascins
  8. fascinum
  9. fascinums
  10. fascio
  11. fascio-

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