allicient
See also: al·licient
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin alliciens, present participle of allicere (“to allure”); ad + lacere (“to entice”).
Pronunciation
edit- Rhymes: -ɪʃənt
Adjective
editallicient (comparative more allicient, superlative most allicient)
- That attracts; attracting.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “allicient”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Latin
editVerb
editallicient