temptation
/ˌtɛmpˈteɪʃən/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.72 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Something attractive, tempting or seductive; an inducement, seducement, or enticement.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "At length, one night, when the company by ſome accident broke up much ſooner than ordinary, ſo that the candles were not half burnt out, ſhe was not able to reſiſt the temptation, but reſolved to have them ſome way or other. Accordingly, as ſoon as the hurry was over, and the ſervants, as ſhe thought, all gone to ſleep, ſhe ſtole out of her bed, and went down ſtairs, naked to her ſhift as ſhe was, with a deſign to ſteal them […]"
Etymology
From Old French temptacion, from Latin temptatio. Morphologically tempt + -ation.