ˈlȯrəˌlī, ˈlär-, ˈlōr- noun
( -s )
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: after the Lorelei, siren of German legend said to inhabit the Lorelei rock on the right bank of the Rhine south of Koblenz and to entice boatmen to their destruction by her beauty and her singing
: siren 2
art is a temptation, a seduction, a Lorelei — H.L.Mencken