mesmeric

adjective

mes·​mer·​ic mez-ˈmer-ik How to pronounce mesmeric (audio)
 also  mes-
1
: of, relating to, or induced by mesmerism
2
mesmerically
mez-ˈmer-i-k(ə-)lē How to pronounce mesmeric (audio)
 also  mes-
adverb

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Reality and fiction blend on screen, with Roy’s narration and Alexandria’s imaginings coming together into a mesmeric story about mythmaking, misunderstanding, and creativity as a reciprocal process. Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2024 The effect, combined with the amorphous light and dark shapes emanating from the screen was mesmeric. Benny Har-Even, Forbes, 28 Sep. 2024 For Cohen, worldly maturity ushered in an altogether different woundedness, a mesmeric—and distinctly not adolescent—sadness, deep-seated and temperamental but intensified by crippling doubts about his gifts, about his singing especially. Stephen Metcalf, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2024 The painter Julia Chiang, to whom Donnelly happens to be married, did something similar, transforming the mesmeric geometries of her tensely colorful canvases into cones for cotton candy. Marley Marius, Vogue, 26 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for mesmeric 

Word History

First Known Use

1829, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of mesmeric was in 1829

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“Mesmeric.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mesmeric. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.

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