enchantress

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Scrabble points
16
Words With Friends
18
Letters
11
Pronunciation
/ɪnˈt͡ʃæntɹɪs/
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/ɪnˈt͡ʃæntɹɪs/ · /ɛnˈt͡ʃæntɹɪs/ · /-ɹəs/ · /ɪnˈtʃɑːntɹɪs/ · /ɛnˈtʃɑːntɹɪs/

Definition of enchantress

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A woman, especially an attractive one, skilled at using magic; an alluring witch.
    “Him fortuned (hard fortune ye may gheſſe) To come, where vile Acraſia does wonne [live], Acraſia a falſe enchauntereſſe, That many errant knightes hath fowle fordonne: […]”
    “The tablets upon which the events of the day were recorded refer to enchantresses, and we can conclude that they were by no means restricted to ancient beldames.”
    “For even the enchantresses Circe and Medea could not, by their black arts, prevent the unfaithfulness of Odysseus and Jason.”
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noun

  1. A woman, especially an attractive one, skilled at using magic; an alluring witch.
    “Him fortuned (hard fortune ye may gheſſe) To come, where vile Acraſia does wonne [live], Acraſia a falſe enchauntereſſe, That many errant knightes hath fowle fordonne: […]”
    “The tablets upon which the events of the day were recorded refer to enchantresses, and we can conclude that they were by no means restricted to ancient beldames.”
    “For even the enchantresses Circe and Medea could not, by their black arts, prevent the unfaithfulness of Odysseus and Jason.”
  2. A beautiful, charming and irresistible woman.
    “She was the enchantress of men’s hearts.”
  3. A femme fatale.
    “His desire for that enchantress led him to financial ruin.”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From Middle English enchaunteresse, from Old French enchanteresse; equivalent to enchanter + -ess.

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