"lorelei" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈlɔːɹəlaɪ/ Forms: loreleis [plural]
Etymology: From the Lorelei rock on the Rhine, which was haunted by one of these creatures according to German legend. Head templates: {{en-noun}} lorelei (plural loreleis)
  1. A siren; a temptress. Translations (siren, temptress): Loreley [feminine] (German)

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1965, William Henry Davenport, Ben Siegel, Biography past and present: selections and critical essays:",
          "text": "We grew silly, tongue-tied, said foolish things we did not mean to say, shoved one another about in the boat, and finally overturned it. The loreleis laughed musical little laughs.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1977, Angela Carter, The Passion of New Eve:",
          "text": "She was like a mermaid, an isolated creature that lives in fulfillment of its own senses; she lured me on, she was the lorelei of the gleaming river of traffic with its million, brilliant eyes that intermittently flowed between us.",
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        }
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        },
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          "ref": "1977, Angela Carter, The Passion of New Eve:",
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      "sense": "siren, temptress",
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        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Loreley"
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