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enchantment

noun

en·​chant·​ment in-ˈchant-mənt How to pronounce enchantment (audio)
en-
1
a
: the act or art of enchanting
b
: the quality or state of being enchanted
As the newness of the projects wore off, however, their enchantment with the apartment faded. Charles Whitaker
2
: something that enchants
the enchantments of sailing
3
: a magic spell
"Why would you be mad to try and rob Gringotts?" Harry asked. "Spells—enchantments," said Hagrid … J. K. Rowling
"She has made an enchantment over the whole country so that it is always winter here and never Christmas." C. S. Lewis

Example Sentences

Our enchantment faded when we found that the house needed even more repairs. the enchantment of a snowy field bathed in moonlight He writes about the dangers as well as the enchantments of sailing. stories about wizards and enchantments
Recent Examples on the Web During a rare, hourlong video interview from his home in Denmark, his enchantment with the Scottish landscape seemed utterly sincere. New York Times, 5 May 2022 This is Hollywood, after all, where grudges run deeper than the fault lines that cross our fair land of sunshine and enchantment. Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2022 Childhood friendship can be a time of innocence, enchantment and perpetual excitement as portrayed in Sophia Silver’s modest yet assured debut feature, Over/Under. David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 June 2022 Despite the enchantment of our political class, Russia’s war on Ukraine is not a manic pixie dream conflict that will lift our country out of its legitimation crisis. Matthew Duss, The New Republic, 1 June 2022 For 9-year-old Lucy Kaufholz and 10-year-old Eve Kaufholz, sisters who moved to Virginia from Florida this summer, Monday meant enchantment — and an early start. Washington Post, 4 Jan. 2022 Watkins observed that contrast between reality and enchantment in the very landscape itself. Christian Holub, EW.com, 14 Apr. 2022 The lesson of Reinhardt’s production still holds: Hire an expert director who isn’t afraid to dream big or let the Bowl’s open-air enchantment intermittently steal the show. Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2022 But there’s just as much enchantment in what for most people would be a dreary setting. Washington Post, 28 Mar. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Time Traveler
The first known use of enchantment was in the 13th century

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