adjective
- very attractive or tempting; enticing; seductive.
- fascinating; charming.
verb (used with object), al·lured, al·lur·ing.
- to attract or tempt by something flattering or desirable.
- to fascinate; charm.
verb (used without object), al·lured, al·lur·ing.
- to be attractive or tempting.
noun
- fascination; charm; appeal.
adjective
- enticing; fascinating; attractive
verb
- (tr) to entice or tempt (someone) to a person or place or to a course of action; attract
noun
- attractiveness; appealthe cottage’s allure was its isolation
1530s, “action of attracting,” verbal noun from allure (v.).
“appealing to desires,” 1570s, present participle adjective from allure (v.). Related: Alluringly.
c.1400, from Anglo-French alurer, Old French aleurer “to attract, captivate; train a falcon to hunt,” from à “to” (see ad-) + loirre “falconer’s lure,” from a Frankish word (see lure), perhaps influenced by French allure “gait, way of walking.” Related: Allured; alluring. The noun is first attested 1540s; properly this sense is allurement.