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glam⋅our
[glam-er] 
ər
–noun
| 1. | the quality of fascinating, alluring, or attracting, esp. 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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| glam·our also glam·or (glām'ər) n.
[Scots, magic spell, alteration of grammar (from the association of learning with magic).] Usage Note: Many words, such as honor, vapor, and labor, are usually spelled with an -or ending in American English but with an -our ending in British English. The preferred spelling of glamour, however, is -our, making it an exception to the usual American practice. The adjective is more often spelled glamorous in both American and British usage. |
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Glamour
Gla"mour\, n. [Scot. glamour, glamer; cf. Icel. gl['a]meggdr one who is troubled with the glaucoma (?); or Icel. gl[=a]m-s?ni weakness of sight, glamour; gl[=a]mr name of the moon, also of a ghost + s?ni sight akin to E. see. Perh., however, a corruption of E. gramarye.]1. A charm affecting the eye, making objects appear different from what they really are. 2. Witchcraft; magic; a spell. --Tennyson. 3. A kind of haze in the air, causing things to appear different from what they really are. The air filled with a strange, pale glamour that seemed to lie over the broad valley. --W. Black. 4. Any artificial interest in, or association with, an object, through which it appears delusively magnified or glorified. Glamour gift, Glamour might, the gift or power of producing a glamour. The former is used figuratively, of the gift of fascination peculiar to women. It had much of glamour might To make a lady seem a knight. --Sir W. Scott.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : glamour
Spanish:
glamour, encanto, atractivo,
German:
der Zauber,
Japanese:
はなやかな魅力
glamour
1720, "magic, enchantment" (especially in phrase to cast the glamour), a variant of Scot. gramarye "magic, enchantment, spell," alt. of Eng. grammar (q.v.) with a medieval sense of "any sort of scholarship, especially occult learning." Popularized by the writings of Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832). Sense of "magical beauty, alluring charm" first recorded 1840. Glamorous is 1882 (slang shortening glam first attested 1936); glamorize is 1936.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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