glamour

or glam·or

[ glam-er ]
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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.

  1. magic or enchantment; spell; witchery.

adjective
  1. suggestive or full of glamour; glamorous: a glamour job in television; glamour stocks.

Origin of glamour

1
First recorded in 1710–20; from Scots glamar, glamer, dissimilated variant of grammar in sense “occult learning”

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See -or1.

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British Dictionary definitions for glamour

glamour

sometimes US glamor

/ (ˈɡlæmə) /


noun
  1. charm and allure; fascination

    • fascinating or voluptuous beauty, often dependent on artifice

    • (as modifier): a glamour girl

  1. archaic a magic spell; charm

Origin of glamour

1
C18: Scottish variant of grammar (hence a magic spell, because occult practices were popularly associated with learning)

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