Glamour Definition

glamər
noun
Exciting or mysterious attractiveness usually associated with striking physical beauty, luxury, or celebrity.
American Heritage
A magic spell or charm.
Webster's New World
Seemingly mysterious and elusive fascination or allure; bewitching charm.
Webster's New World
Elegance, luxury, high fashion, etc. or their aura around a person, situation, etc.
Webster's New World
(countable) An item, motif, person, image that by association improves appearance.
Wiktionary
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Other Word Forms of Glamour

Noun

Singular:
glamour
Plural:
glamours

Origin of Glamour

  • The Scottish term may either be from Ancient Greek γραμμάριον (grammárion, “gram”), the weight unit of ingredients used to make magic potions, or an alteration of the English word grammar (“any sort of scholarship, especially occult learning”).

    From Wiktionary

  • A connection has also been suggested with Old Norse glámr (poet. “moon,” name of a ghost) and glámsýni (“glamour, illusion”, literally “glam-sight”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Scots magic spell alteration of grammar (from the association of learning with magic)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Scots glamer, from earlier Scots gramarye (“magic, enchantment, spell”).

    From Wiktionary

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