spellbinding
English
adj
Definitions
- Engrossing; fascinating; gaining rapt attention; captivating.
- Having the power to bind magically through the agency of a spell.
Etymology
Compound from English spell (story, talk, relieve, discourse, a turn, tale, span of time, saying, play) + English binding.
Origin
English
binding
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bespell English
- bind English
- binding English
- bindingly English
- bindingness English
- bookbinding English
- byspel English
- cobinding English
- counterspell English
- enspell English
- fingerspell English
- footbinding English
- forespell English
- gospel English
- immunobinding English
- misspell English
- non-binding English
- nonbinding English
- outspell English
- overspell English
- radiobinding English
- respell English
- spell English
- spellable English
- spellathon English
- spellbind English
- spellbinder English
- spellbindingly English
- spellbook English
- spellbound English
- spellcaster English
- spellcasting English
- spellcraft English
- spelldown English
- speller English
- spellfire English
- spellful English
- spelling English
- spellken English
- spellmaker English
- spellmaking English
- spello English
- spellout English
- spellthief English
- spellweaver English
- spellwork English
- spelt English
- unspell English
- épeler French
- スペル Japanese
- byndyng Middle English
- spell Middle English
- espeler Old French
- espelar Ido
- spella Maltese
- bind
- spell
- spelt
- byspel
- spello
- gospel
- unspell
- bespell
- speller
- respell
- enspell
- binding
- outspell
- spellful
- spellken
- misspell
- spelling
- spellout
- forespell
- spellwork
- spellable
- cobinding
- spelldown
- overspell
- spellbind
- spellfire
- bindingly
- spellbook
- nonbinding
- spellcraft
- spellbound
- spellmaker
- spellthief
- spellathon
- bookbinding
- spellbinder
- bindingness
- spellcaster
- non-binding
- footbinding
- fingerspell
- spellweaver
- spellmaking
- spellcasting
- counterspell
- radiobinding
- immunobinding
- spellbindingly