CHARM
What does "CHARM" mean?
The power to delight or attract; also a small object or spell believed to bring luck.
Meanings
- The quality of delighting, attracting, or fascinating others. He won the crowd over with sheer charm.
- A small ornament worn on a bracelet or chain. She added a tiny silver charm for every country she visited.
- An object, word, or act believed to have magic power; a spell. The sailor carried a charm against drowning.
- To delight, fascinate, or win over. The little dog charmed everyone in the waiting room.
- In particle physics, one of the six 'flavors' of quark. The charm quark was discovered in 1974. technical
Did you know?
- Physicists named a building block of matter after personal magnetism: the 'charm quark' was confirmed in 1974, when two rival teams discovered the same particle, now called J/psi, in the very same week.
- A charm was originally a song: the word descends from Latin 'carmen' ('song, verse'), because spells were meant to be sung or chanted aloud.
Word origin
From Old French 'charme' ('magic spell, incantation'), from Latin 'carmen' ('song, verse, incantation'); a charm was originally something chanted to work magic.
Remember it
A CHARM is a 'carmen', a song - the same Latin root behind any tune meant to bewitch you.
A little poem
Not the face, but the small warm thing it does-
a glance held one beat past politeness,
and the whole cold room decides to stay.
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Wordplay
- I asked the physicist if he found me charming. He said only down to a very small quark.
What it teaches
Charm opens the door; only character keeps it open once the spell wears off.
Quick facts
What does CHARM mean?
The power to delight or attract; also a small object or spell believed to bring luck.
Is CHARM a valid word?
Yes — CHARM is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is CHARM?
CHARM has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does CHARM come from?
From Old French 'charme' ('magic spell, incantation'), from Latin 'carmen' ('song, verse, incantation'); a charm was originally something chanted to work magic.
What can CHARM teach us?
Charm opens the door; only character keeps it open once the spell wears off.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.