sirenical
English
Etymology
Adjective
sirenical (comparative more sirenical, superlative most sirenical)
- (now rare) Like, or appropriate to, a siren, i.e. deceptive;fascinating.
- Synonym: sirenic
- c. 1603 (date written), Iohn Marston, The Malcontent, London: […] V[alentine] S[immes] for William Aspley, […], published 1604, →OCLC, Act III, scene iv:
- [H]ere's a couple of Syrenicall raſcals ſhall inchaunt yee: What ſhall they ſinge my good Lorde?
References
- “sirenical”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.