Meaning & use
Lorelei
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A woman who is alluring and fascinating but ultimately dangerous or destructive, especially to men.
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The seductive singer was described in the tabloids as a modern-day lorelei.
Critics called the femme fatale character a lorelei who lured every man in the story to ruin.
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The word comes from the legend of the Lorelei, a rock on the Rhine River in Germany where a siren was said to lure sailors to their deaths with her song.
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