effascination

English

Etymology

Latin effascinatio.

Noun

effascination (countable and uncountable, plural effascinations)

1. (obsolete) A charm; bewitchment or delusion.
   • 1637, Tho[mas] Heywood, “Procvs & Pvella”, in Pleasant Dialogues and Dramma’s, Selected out of Lucian, Erasmus, Textor, Ovid, &c. […], London: […] R. O[ulton] for R. H[earne], and are to be sold by Thomas Slater […], →OCLC, page 23:

     If in myne eies there be effaſcination, / How comes it there is no ſuch alteration / In others I behold?

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Henry More to this entry?)

References

• “effascination”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.