glamour
Meaning
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- Originally, enchantment; magic charm; especially, the effect of a spell that causes one to see objects in a form that differs from reality, typically to make filthy, ugly, or repulsive things seem beauteous.
- Alluring beauty or charm (often with sex appeal).
- Any excitement, appeal, or attractiveness associated with a person, place, or thing; that which makes something appealing.
- Any artificial interest in, or association with, objects, or persons, through which they appear delusively magnified or glorified.
- A kind of haze in the air, causing things to appear different from what they really are.
- An item, motif, person, image that by association improves appearance.
Synonyms
glamor girl
goety
magic spell
sexual passion
shade of colour
shade of color
glamour girl
love-philtre
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɡlæmə/
Etymology
Borrowed from Scots glamour (“magic”), alteration of Middle English gramere (“grammar”), from Old French gramaire. Doublet of glamoury, gramarye, grammar, and grimoire.
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