Why this word is great
ENSORCELLED — [Verb] To enchant, bewitch, or place under a spell. From Middle French ensorceler ("to bewitch"), a dissimilated variant of ensorcerer, from en- ("in, into") + sorcier ("sorcerer"). Unlike "charmed" (which suggests a lighter, often pleasant influence) or "hypnotized" (which implies a trance induced by suggestion), "ensorcelled" speaks of a deeper, more binding magic—the kind that lingers in the marrow. It is the glint of a witch’s eye in firelight, the whisper of leaves in a still forest, or the slow, inexorable tilt of a candle’s flame toward an unseen force. The word itself is a spell: to say it is to acknowledge that some forces, once summoned, cannot be unspoken.