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noun the state of being intensely interested (as by awe or terror)
noun a feeling of great liking for something wonderful and unusual
noun the capacity to attract intense interest
originFrom Latin fascinare ("to bewitch"), possibly from Ancient Greek βασκαίνιεν (baskaínien, “to speak ill of; to curse”). Morphologically fascinate + -ion.
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