chantment

English

Etymology

From Middle English chauntement, a clipping of enchauntement (modern English enchantment).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtʃɑːntmənt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃæntmənt/

Noun

chantment (plural chantments)

1. (rare, archaic) enchantment
   • 1556, Seneca, translated by Iohn Studley, THE ſeuenth Tragedie of Seneca, Entituled MEDEA […] ‎^[1], Thomas Colwell, act 3, page 28a:

     My lytle chyldren they ſhall beare
     theſe preſentes to the Bryde,
     That fyrſte wyth ſlybber ſlabbar ſoſſe
     of chauntmentes ſhalbe tryed.

   • 1734, Henry Fielding, Don Quixote in England […] ‎^[2], George Falkner, page 51:

     Truly then, Sancho, thou muſt have travelled by Chantment. I don't know whether I travelled by Chantment ; but this I know, that about Five Miles off I met my Lady Dulcinea. How ! ſays he, and gave ſuch a Spring, I thought he would have leapt over the Wall.

   • 2016, Lilith Saintcrow, Roadside Magic‎^[3], Hatchette UK, →ISBN, page 63:

     The Old Language dropped like rain, chantment blurring down her arm, and when the changeling set itself more firmly, its small hands creeping up to grasp her arm, and drew again on the wound, she winced.