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illecebrous

Syllables: il·le·cebr·ous/ɪˈlɛsɪbɹəs/

illecebrous adjective: tending to attract; enticing.

Adjective

illecebrous (comparative more illecebrous, superlative most illecebrous)

  1. (formal, obsolete) Tending to attract; enticing.
    • [The Firste Boke, Chapter VII (In What Wise Musike may be to a Noble Man Nessarie: And what Modestie ought to be therin), page 26] And therfore the great kynge Alexander, whan he had vainquisshed Ilion, where some tyme was set the moste noble citie of Troy, beinge demaunded of one if he wold se the...
    • [The Seconde Boke, Chapter XI (The True Discription of Amitie or Frendship), page 164] Where the studie is elegant and the mater illecebrous, that is to say, swete to the redar, the course wherof is rather gentill persuasion and quicke reasoninges than ouer subtill argumentes or litigous...1531, Thomas Elyot, edited by Ernest Rhys, The Boke Named the Gouernour […] (Everyman’s Library: Essays and Belles Lettres), London: J[oseph] M[alaby] Dent & Co.; New York, N.Y.: E[dward] P[ayson]...

illecebrous meaning in Tamil and Bengali

illecebrous in Tamil

கவர் போக்கு

illecebrous in Bengali

আকর্ষণীয় হওয়ার প্রবণ, প্রলুব্ধকর

Examples of illecebrous in a sentence

  • † Illecebrous, (lat[in]) alluring, charming, or inticing.[1658, Edward Phillips, compiler, “† Illecebrous”, in The New World of English Words: Or, A General Dictionary: […], London: […] E. Tyler...
  • Lawrence Gilman appears to confirm the accuracy of this classification when he writes in an ordinary newspaper review of a song recital, that Miss Geraldine Farrar retains her illecebrous smile.1932, Life, Chicago, Ill.; New York, N.Y.: Time Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 14, column 2:

Synonyms of illecebrous

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Antonyms

Forms of illecebrous

comparativemore illecebrous
superlativemost illecebrous

Origin of illecebrous

Borrowed from Late Latin and Latin illecebrōsus (“attractive, enticing”) + English -ous (suffix forming adjectives denoting possession or presence of a quality, commonly in abundance). Illecebrōsus is derived from illecebra (“enticement, lure”) + -ōsus (suffix forming adjectives meaning ‘full of’); illecebra from illiciō (“to entice, seduce”) (from in- (prefix meaning ‘in, within’) + laciō (“to ensnare, entice”)) + -bra (suffix forming nouns denoting an instrument).

Words formed from illecebrous

Questions about illecebrous

What does illecebrous mean?
Illecebrous means tending to attract; enticing.
What is illecebrous in Tamil?
Illecebrous in Tamil is கவர் போக்கு. See Illecebrous meaning in Tamil.
How do you use illecebrous in a sentence?
† Illecebrous, (lat[in]) alluring, charming, or inticing.
What part of speech is illecebrous?
Illecebrous is an adjective.
How do you pronounce illecebrous?
Illecebrous is pronounced /ɪˈlɛsɪbɹəs/ (UK).

Words near illecebrous in the dictionary

  1. Ille
  2. Ille-et-Vilaine
  3. illeagle
  4. illecebration
  5. illecebrations
  6. illecebrous
  7. Illecillewaet
  8. illed
  9. illegal
  10. illegal alien
  11. illegal aliens

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Adapted from Wiktionary: illecebrous (page history and authors); illecebrous (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); illecebrous (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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