chantment
English
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English chauntement, a clipping of enchauntement (modern English enchantment).
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtʃɑːntmənt/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃæntmənt/
Noun
editchantment (plural chantments)
- (rare, archaic) enchantment
- 1734, Henry Fielding, Don Quixote in England […] [2], George Falkner, page 51:
- Truly then, Sancho, thou muſt have travelled by Chantment. I don't know whether I travelled by Chantment ; but this I know, that about Five Miles off I met my Lady Dulcinea. How ! ſays he, and gave ſuch a Spring, I thought he would have leapt over the Wall.