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单词 alliciency
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alliciencyn.

Brit. /əˈlɪʃnsi/, U.S. /əˈlɪʃənsi/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin allicientia.
Etymology: < classical Latin allicientia (1623 or earlier) < allicient- , alliciēns , present participle of allicere (see allect v.) + -ia -y suffix3; compare -ency suffix. Compare earlier allicient adj.
Now literary and rare.
The quality or power of attracting or drawing towards; attraction; attractiveness.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > [noun] > drawing towards itself or attraction > quality of
affinity1600
alliciency1646
attractiveness1661
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 66 If the Loadstone attract, the steele hath also its attraction; for in this action the Alliciency is reciprocall. View more context for this quotation
1661 J. Glanvill Vanity of Dogmatizing xviii. 171 The feigned Central alliciency is but a word.
1747 R. Dodsley Museum 9 May 120 There is an inexpressible Alliciency or Attraction in Women.
1782 C. Berrow Second Thoughts Predestination 19 The vigorous alliciency of the brutish nature.
1800 ‘E. H.’ Tales of Truth II. 177 The alliciency of beauty and innocence..adds a suavity to their manners that finishes their character.
1868 ‘Radical Freelance’ Philosophers of Foufouville vi. 120 Such is the physiological sequence of woman's alliciency.
1901 L. P. Evans-Hansell From Summer to Summer (ed. 2) 83 The intellectual atmosphere of boarding-school had little alliciency for me.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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