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seducer

/sɪˈduːsə/sih-DOO-sur
/sɪˈdusɚ/sih-DOO-sur

Meaningone who seduces

Common meaning: someone who leads another astray

‘apart, aside’ + ‘to lead or draw along’ → seducer

Journey through time

  1. Latinseducere‘to lead aside’source
  2. Englishseduce‘to lead astray’
  3. Englishformed in English from seduceseducer‘someone who leads another astray’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from seduce + -er.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), SEDUCE, p.538 · scan

Roots

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