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appât

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See also: appat

French

Etymology

From appâter.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.pa/ ~ /a.pɑ/
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Noun

appât m (plural appâts or appas)

  1. (obsolete) lure
    • 1857, Charles Baudelaire, “Au lecteur”, in Les Fleurs du mal [The Flowers of Evil], Paris: Poulet-Malassis et De Broise:
      C’est le Diable qui tient les fils qui nous remuent ! / Aux objets répugnants nous trouvons des appas ;
      It is the Devil who holds the wires that stir us! / To the repulsive objects we find lures;
  2. (archaic) (sexual) temptation
  3. (in the plural, literary) charms
  4. (fishing) bait
    Synonyms: leurre, esche, esque
  5. (martial arts) feint

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