captivating beauty; bewitching beauty
Literary term describing a mysterious, alluring, and almost supernatural beauty. Often used in poetic or formal contexts.
Everyone was drawn to her bewitching charm.
The painting exudes a captivatingly beautiful atmosphere.
Compound of 妖 (yō, 'bewitching, mysterious') and 美 (bi, 'beauty'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the combination is conventionally associated with the meaning of 'bewitching beauty'.