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noun
- a siren; a temptress
- 1977: She was like a mermaid, an isolated creature that lives in fulfillment of its own senses; she lured me on, she was the of the gleaming river of traffic with its million, brilliant eyes that intermittently flowed between us. " Angela Carter, The Passion of New Eve
Etymology: From the w:Lorelei, Lorelei rock on the Rhine, which was haunted by one of these creatures according to German legend.
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