"come-hither" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more come-hither [comparative], most come-hither [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} come-hither (comparative more come-hither, superlative most come-hither)
  1. Seductive or alluring. Translations (seductive): aguicheur [masculine] (French)
    Sense id: en-come-hither-en-adj-JeKYs3Qh
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: come hither

Noun [English]

Forms: come-hithers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} come-hither (plural come-hithers)
  1. An act intended to attract sexual interest.
    Sense id: en-come-hither-en-noun-N02ck2KM
  2. (Ireland) A persuasive attitude; a binding spell Tags: Ireland Categories (topical): Directives
    Sense id: en-come-hither-en-noun-vC6xBogS Disambiguation of Directives: 24 4 71 Categories (other): Irish English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English exocentric verb-noun compounds, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 2 73 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 31 2 67 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 16 2 82 Disambiguation of English exocentric verb-noun compounds: 27 15 58 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 22 3 75
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: come hither

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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