re Charisma

[Catlady (Rita Prince Winston)]

Carol wrote in
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPFGU-OTChatter/message/37846>:

<< (Interestingly, "charisma" is a relatively late borrowing, first
used in English in 1930. I'm not sure how the concept was expressed
before that time. "Charm," maybe?) >>

Maybe 'prestige'.
<http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=prestigious> says 
<< 1546, "practicing illusion or magic, deceptive," from L.
præstigious "full of tricks," from præstigiæ "juggler's tricks,"
probably altered by dissimilation from præstringere "to blind,
blindfold, dazzle," from præ- "before" + stringere "to tie or bind"
(see strain (v.)). Prestige is from 1656, from Fr. prestige "an
illusion" (16c.). These words were derogatory until 19c.; prestige in
the sense of "dazzling influence" was first applied 1815, to Napoleon.
Prestigious with this sense is attested from 1913. >>

I think << prestige in the sense of "dazzling influence" was first
applied 1815, to Napoleon >> might be what we call charisma?

Tonks wrote in
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPFGU-OTChatter/message/37848>:

<< What do other people think Charisma is? What do you see in a person
that has it? Have you even knowm a woman who has it? What does that
look like in a woman? >>

I don't know what charisma exactly is, but my friend scowls when
people think it means sex appeal or likeability. She says it means
that you reflectively want that person (the one who has charisma) to
be your leader.

Does Oprah have charisma?