Synonym Game

glamor

[glam-er]

glam·our

[glam-er]
noun
1.
the quality of fascinating, alluring, or attracting, especially by a combination of charm and good looks.
2.
excitement, adventure, and unusual activity: the glamour of being an explorer.
3.
magic or enchantment; spell; witchery.
adjective
4.
suggestive or full of glamour; glamorous: a glamour job in television; glamour stocks.

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Glamor is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
Also, glam·or.


Origin:
1710–20; earlier glammar, dissimilated variant of grammar in sense of occult learning


See -or.

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glamour or sometimes (US) glamor (ˈɡlæmə)
 
n
1.  charm and allure; fascination
2.  a.  fascinating or voluptuous beauty, often dependent on artifice
 b.  (as modifier): a glamour girl
3.  archaic a magic spell; charm
 
[C18: Scottish variant of grammar (hence a magic spell, because occult practices were popularly associated with learning)]
 
glamor or sometimes (US) glamor
 
n
 
[C18: Scottish variant of grammar (hence a magic spell, because occult practices were popularly associated with learning)]

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