Noun

(en noun)

Attractiveness; appeal, charisma.

*{{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers), title=(A Cuckoo in the Nest)

, chapter=1 citation , passage=He read the letter aloud. Sophia listened with the studied air of one for whom, even in these days, a title possessed some surreptitious allurement .}}

An enticement, inducement or bait.

*1723 , Charles Walker, Memoirs of Sally Salisbury :

*:That though their Thoughts'' are ever turn'd upon appearing ''Aimiable'', yet every ''Feature'' of their ''Faces'' and every ''Part'' of their ''Dress'' is fill'd with ''Snares'' and ''Allurements .