MESMERIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mesmeric mean? 

• MESMERIC (adjective)
  The adjective MESMERIC has 1 sense:

1. attracting and holding interest as if by a spell

  Familiarity information: MESMERIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MESMERIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Attracting and holding interest as if by a spell

Synonyms:

hypnotic; mesmeric; mesmerizing; spellbinding

Context example:

a spellbinding description of life in ancient Rome

Similar:

attractive (pleasing to the eye or mind especially through beauty or charm)

Derivation:

mesmerism (the act of inducing hypnosis)

 Context examples 

Indeed, it was almost mesmeric, the effect which this giggling ruffian had produced upon the unfortunate linguist, for he could not speak of him save with trembling hands and a blanched cheek.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)