n. & v. (US glamor)
n. 1 physical attractiveness, esp. when achieved by make-up etc. 2 alluring or exciting beauty or charm (the glamour of New York).
v.tr. 1 poet. affect with glamour; bewitch; enchant. 2 colloq. make glamorous. cast a glamour over enchant. glamour girl (or boy) an attractive young woman (or man), esp. a model etc. glamorous adj. glamorously adv.
[ 18th c.: var. of GRAMMAR, with ref. to the occult practices associated with learning in the Middle Ages ]