bewitching, captivating, enchanting, enthralling, entrancing, fascinating
(adjective) capturing interest as if by a spell; “bewitching smile”; “Roosevelt was a captivating speaker”; “enchanting music”; “an enthralling book”; “antique papers of entrancing design”; “a fascinating woman”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
bewitching (plural bewitchings)
The act by which somebody is bewitched; a curse or enchantment.
bewitching (comparative more bewitching, superlative most bewitching)
Enchanting.
Source: Wiktionary
Be*witch"ing, a.
Definition: Having power to bewitch or fascinate; enchanting; captivating; charming.
– Be*witch"ing*ly, adv.
– Be*witch"ing*ness, n.
Be*witch", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bewitched; p. pr. & vb. n. Bewitching.]
1. To gain an ascendency over by charms or incantations; to affect (esp. to injure) by witchcraft or sorcery. See how I am bewitched; behold, mine arm Is like a blasted sapling withered up. Shak.
2. To charm; to fascinate; to please to such a degree as to take away the power of resistance; to enchant. The charms of poetry our souls bewitch. Dryden.
Syn.
– To enchant; captivate; charm; entrance.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
16 January 2025
(noun) a collection of rules or prescribed standards on the basis of which decisions are made; “they run things by the book around here”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
