Etymology

prelest

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Today it means: spiritual delusion, deception, conceit Full definition →

Russian прелесть ← Old Church Slavonic прѣльсть
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  1. Old Church Slavonic · borrowed fromпрѣльсть
  2. Russian · borrowed fromпрелесть
  3. English todayprelest

Borrowed from Russian прелесть (prelestʹ), in turn from Old Church Slavonic прѣльсть (prělĭstĭ).

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