English

Noun

enticement ‎(plural enticements)

1. The act or practice of enticing, of alluring or tempting; as, the enticements of evil companions.
2. That which entices, or incites to evil; means of allurement; an alluring object; as, an enticement to sin.
   • 1818, Mary Shelley, chapter 4, in Frankenstein:

     None but those who have experienced them can conceive of the enticements of science.

References

• enticement in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• enticement in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Old French

Etymology

enticier +‎ -ment.

Noun

enticement m ‎(oblique plural enticemenz or enticementz, nominative singular enticemenz or enticementz, nominative plural enticement)

1. incitement (act, instance of inciting)

Descendants

• English: enticement (borrowed)

References

• (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (enticement)
• enticement on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub