"having the power to bewitch, fascinate, or charm," 1560s, present-participle adjective from bewitch (v.). Related: Bewitchingly. Milton used bewitchful.
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bewitch v.
c. 1200, biwicchen, "cast a spell on; enchant, subject to sorcery," from be- + Old English wiccian "to enchant, to practice witchcraft" (see witch). Literal at first, and with implication of harm; the figurative sense of "fascinate, charm past resistance" is from 1520s. *Bewiccian may well have existed in Old English, but it is not attested. Related: Bewitchery; bewitchment.