English Explanatory Dictionary

prelest

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. spiritual delusion, deception, conceit

Word forms

prelest

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian прелесть (prelestʹ), in turn from Old Church Slavonic прѣльсть (prělĭstĭ).

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