The act of beguiling; a charm or enchantment that delights or deceives.
From 'beguile' + '-ment' (suffix creating nouns from verbs, meaning 'the act or result of'). The '-ment' suffix appears in words like 'amazement,' 'achievement,' and 'enchantment.'
The '-ment' suffix is one of English's oldest noun-makers, inherited from Latin through French, and it can turn almost any verb into an abstract noun—'beguile' becomes the idea or experience of beguiling.
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