Today's word is simply beautiful, from the meaning, to pronunciation...no wonder is one of my favorites word. Unlike concoction , yesterday's word...this one has a softer pronunciation, like a feather in the wind..
allure
/əˈljʊə,əˈljɔː/
Now just hear it...
But, what does it mean?
This one word doesn't have multiple meanings, but honestly it doesn't even need multiple definitions. So what's the definition? What is the meaning of such a beautiful word according to dictionaries?
-it means the quality of being powerfully and mysteriously attractive or fascinating.
Even if , it doesn't have so many definitions , it has a lot of synonyms like "attraction", "draw", "appeal", "enticement", "temptation", "persuasion", "magnetism" and even "bewitchment".
A bit of history maybe?
The word allure comes from the Old French aleurer, alurer , from a (to, towards) + leurre(lure).
Apparently the first known use of allure was in 1548, how accurate that might be , i don't know..but what i do know is that this word even landed it's own fashion magazine and its own perfume from Channel.
I'll end this post with a quote i heard some time ago and some how a little warning :
" A well-made lure is so alluring to a fish that it won't notice the hook. "
Hope you enjoyed the reading as much as i enjoyed writing it.
Sources
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/allure
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/allure
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