allurern.
/əˈl(j)ʊərə/, U.S. /əˈlʊrər/, /æˈlʊrər/ A person who or thing which allures, attracts, or fascinates someone or something.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > motivation > attraction, allurement, or enticement > [noun] > one who or that which
tollerc1440
allurer1556
ticer?c1562
invitera1586
siren1592
solicitor1593
mermaid1595
invitator1603
coy1629
attractor1646
coy-duck1654
lightning rod1859
Pied Piper1869
witcher1928
1556 J. Heywood Spider & Flie xx. sig. Iiiiv Suche alewde allurer, Ought by good reason, to be kept much surer Then forty flies.
1583 G. Babington Very Fruitfull Expos. Commaundem. vii. 308 Too much showe in apparrel..is a daungerous allurer of lust.
1690 J. Dryden in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Prophetess Prol. sig. A4 Money the sweet Allurer of our hopes.
1772 Gentleman's Mag. Mar. 121/1 The instances are rare, where any of the creatures..have been known to continue..about the dwellings of their tenderest and most skilful allurers.
1832 Ladies' Museum Mar. 140/2 He is debarred egress, and the nuns dance round the astonished duke; but he having seized the Mystic Branch, discomfits his allurers, and carries it off.
1878 J. G. Whittier Poet. Wks. (1894) II. 80 O kind allurers, wisely sent, Beguiling with benign intent, Still move us, through divine unrest, To seek the loveliest and the best.
1917 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 15 Dec. 813/2 A drink that Lord Rosebery and Mr. Lloyd George have by implication termed the country's Fatal Allurer, Cruel Strangler, Strongest Enemy, and..Abiding Traitor.
1968 Ethnology 7 163 The nickname ‘Allurer’, el ghāwi, is attached to a man who used to tilt his headband in a racy manner.
2000 LA Weekly (Nexis) 21 July 66 The showstopper, the seducer, the allurer, the item that will drag me..back to this pricey cave, is the glorious, enormous, fully-puffed popover.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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