I. noun
or glam·or ˈglamə(r)
( -s )
Etymology: Scots glamour, glamer, alteration of English grammar; from the popular association of erudition with occult practices
1. : a magic spell : bewitchment
the girls appeared to be under a glamour — Llewelyn Powys
casting a glamour over the affairs of merchant princes — O.S.J.Gogarty
2. : an elusive mysteriously exciting and often illusory attractiveness that stirs the imagination and appeals to a taste for the unconventional, the unexpected, the colorful, or the exotic
the glamour of the French Foreign Legion
: a strangely alluring atmosphere of romantic enchantment
a beautifully decorated room that was filled with glamour
: a bewitching intangible irresistibly magnetic charm
it was simply the glamour of the unknown that she had felt in him — Ellen Glasgow
often : personal charm and poise combined with unusual physical and sexual attractiveness
an actress radiant with glamour
II. transitive verb
( glamoured ; glamoured ; glamouring -m(ə)riŋ ; glamours )
Etymology: Scots, from glamour, glamer, n.
1. : to cast a magic spell upon : bewitch
soon created such a realm of gorgeous marvel as glamoured the age with fantasy — H.B.Alexander
2. : glamorize
glamoured -up blondes were a dime a dozen — Raymond Chandler