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French
Etymology
From appâter.
Pronunciation
Noun
appât m (plural appâts or appas)
- (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;
- (archaic) (sexual) temptation
- (in the plural, literary) charms
- (fishing) bait
- Synonyms: leurre, esche, esque
- (martial arts) feint
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