Circean

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Circean \Cir*ce"an\, a. [L. Circaeus.]
     Having the characteristics of Circe, daughter of Sol and
     Perseis, a mythological enchantress, who first charmed her
     victims and then changed them to the forms of beasts;
     pleasing, but noxious; as, a Circean draught.
     [1913 Webster] Circensial