charm

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  1. noun The power or quality of pleasing or delighting; attractiveness: a breezy tropical setting of great charm.
  2. noun A particular quality that attracts; a delightful characteristic: A mischievous grin was among the child's many charms.
  3. noun A small ornament, such as one worn on a bracelet.
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  • McArdle's a likable character, and part of the charm is her down-to-earth Aussie take on the whole unlikely situation. —  F ;SF; - vol 104 issue 01 - January 2003
  • Other natives buy them for very high prices, the price varying according to whether the charm is a woman charm or made for a man. —  145 - The Ten Ton Snakes
  • There's no question the man's got charisma; his charm is the only remedy for watching even but a few moments of —  Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
  • Part of his charm is the "honest" nature of his looks. —  Film | guardian.co.uk
  • I mean, I can understand why people find Fuuko cute but they also cannot deny that part of the charm is the exact thing I find stupid and ridiculous. —  Design daily news
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  1. Middle English charme, magic spell, from Old French, from Latin carmen, incantation; see kan- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English charme, from Old French charme, French charme, a charm, enchantment, from Latin carmen, a song, poem, charm, Old Latin casmen, a song, akin to camena, Old Latin casmena, a muse, Goth, hazjan = Anglo-Saxon herian, praise, Sanskrit çans, praise.
  2. from late Middle English charmen, from French charmer, from Late Latin carminare, enchant, L. make verses; from the noun.
  3. Also chirm and churm (commonly chirm, q. v.), from Middle English chirme, from Anglo-Saxon cierm, cirm, cyrm, noise, clamor, from cirman, cyrman, cry out, shout, clamor, = Middle Dutch kermen, karmen, cry out, lament. The form charm for the murmuring or clamoring of birds is still in dial. use, but in literary use is apparently merged in charm, with reference to the orig. sense ‘a song’: see charm.
 

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