Meaning and Origin
What does the name Allure mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.
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User Submitted Meanings
- According to a user from Argentina, the name Allure means "Attract".
Usage: To Allure Entice Decoy Seduce. These words agree in the idea of acting upon the mind by some strong controlling influence, and differ according to the image under which is presented. They are all used in a bad sense, except allure, which has sometimes (though rarely) a good one. We are allured by the prospect or offer (usually deceptive) of some future good. We are commonly enticed into evil by appeals to our passions. We are decoyed into danger by false appearances or representations. We are seduced when drawn aside from the path of rectitude. What allures draws by gentle means; what entices leads us by promises and persuasions; what decoys betrays us, as it were, into a snare or net; what seduces deceives us by artful appeals to the passions.
Etymology: OF. aleurrer alurer, fr. aL. ad) + leurre lure. See Lure
Etymology: F.; aller to go
- The power to entice or attract through personal charm
- Dispose or incline or entice to
From Old French aleurer, alurer, from a (“to, towards”) (Latin ad) + leurre (“lure”). Compare lure.
- The power to attract, entice; the quality causing attraction.
- (dated) gait; bearing
allure was also found in the following language(s): Dutch and French