Charm definition
An example of a charm is a rabbit's foot keychain.
An example of a charm is a small silver butterfly pendant worn with other pendants on a bracelet.
An example of a charm is someone with a beautiful and welcoming smile.
An old house with a lot of charm.
A mischievous grin was among the child's many charms.
The simple elegance of the meal charmed the guests.
He had great personal charm.
She tried to win him over with her charms.
- John Milton.They, on their mirth and dance / Intent, with jocund music charm his ear.
- 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 4, The Celebrity.The Celebrity, by arts unknown, induced Mrs. Judge Short and two other ladies to call at Mohair on an afternoon when Mr. Cooke was trying a trotter on the track. The three returned wondering and charmed with Mrs. Cooke; they were sure she had had no hand in the furnishing of that atrocious house.
He charmed her with his dashing tales of his days as a sailor.
After winning three games while wearing the chain, Dan began to think it had been charmed.
She led a charmed life.
Charmed the guard into admitting them without invitations.
Origin of charm
- Middle English charme magic spell from Old French from Latin carmen incantation kan- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Variant of chirm, from Middle English chirme, from Old English ċierm (“cry, alarm”), from Proto-Germanic *karmiz.
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