charmed
adjectiveverbattested in dialogue
- United Kingdom//tʃɑːmd//
- United States//t͡ʃɑɹmd//
Under a magic spell (cast by a charm); bewitched.
adjective
- 1
Under a magic spell (cast by a charm); bewitched.
- 2
Having great good fortune, as though magically wrought.
Draw forth thy ſword, thou mightie man at armes, Intending but to raiſe my charmed ſkin: And Ioue himſelfe will ſtretch his hand from heauen, To ward the blow, and ſhield me ſafe from harme, […]
‘That animal has a charmed life,’ he said; ‘but you can say this only of brutes in this country. No man - you apprehend me? - no man here bears a charmed life.’
- 3
Impressed by the pleasantness of something.
You are very gracious; I am charmed by your personality.
- 4
Of a particle: having nonzero charm.
verb
- 1
Also a form of charmsimple past and past participle of charm
Forms
- comparative
- more charmed
- superlative
- most charmed
charmed · Under a magic spell (cast by a charm); bewitched.
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