enchanting

quaint

adjective. old-fashioned; nostalgically attractive

Word Origin & History

late 14c., literal and figurative, from Old French enchanter "bewitch, charm, cast a spell" (12c.), from Latin incantare (see enchantment). Or perhaps a back-formation from enchantment. Related: Enchanting; enchantingly. Enchanted in weakened sense of "delighted" is from 1590s.

Example Sentences forenchanting

Triumphant as you are over my heart, dear enchanting Olivia!

You could not believe that you were not the first mortal that had ever found his way into the enchanting desert.

But enchanting as they were, they found not the avenue to his heart.

Its presence sufficed to give the clearing an enchanting charm.

Hobart, which up to 1881 was called Hobart Town, has a most enchanting situation.

It was Lestrange who smiled this time, with a sudden and enchanting warmth of mirth.

This sound, faint and enchanting, like a breath of sweet wind, staggered me.

"That is what he meant," said the enchanting voice by my side.

To her the city was enchanting and not at all as she remembered it before she had gone abroad.

There is no art so difficult—granted; but there is none so enchanting, so inspiring.

enchanting

pleasant

pleasing

pleasing/pleasurable

prepossessing

provocative

quaint

ravishing

riveting

enchanting

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