Takingness

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

  Taking \Tak"ing\, a.
     1. Apt to take; alluring; attracting.
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              Subtile in making his temptations most taking.
                                                    --Fuller.


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     2. Infectious; contageous. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
        [1913 Webster] -- {Tak"ing*ly}, adv. -- {Tak"ing*ness}, n.
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