fascination
noun (fascinations, plural)
Everyday
- Fascination is a strong interest that holds your attention so you cannot look away. tree →
- Fascination is the power to attract and charm someone. tree →
In the lessons
in the tales a person's beauty or charm holds others, like a snake's gaze over a bird
Examples
- Helen still had all her beauty and fascination. tree →
- Circe began to use her fascinations on him. tree →
- He felt the fascination of her eyes. tree →
- The book has a fascination for children. tree →
Note
nothing for maths
Early Modern English
Meaning
a powerful pull that holds the attention or seems to bewitch someone. tree →
Then and now
Today it means a strong interest; here it means a magical power to charm or bewitch, like a snake's hold on a bird.
Examples
- Menelaus now sought Helen in the royal palace, who, being immortal, still retained all her former beauty and fascination. (Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome) tree →
- But all warnings and past experience were forgotten by Odysseus when Circe commenced to exercise upon him her fascinations and blandishments. (Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome) tree →
- And, besides, he felt the fascination of Ludovine’s eyes, which looked at him as a snake looks at a little bird. (The Green Fairy Book) tree →
Note
Today: charm, spell.
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «fascination» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «fascination» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
- Trees and pragmatics of «fascination» in the Early Modern English dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «fascination» in the Early Modern English dictionary on Mova free.
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