n.
Variant: also glam · or
Pronunciation: ' gla-m ə r
Function: noun
Etymology: Scots glamour, alteration of English grammar; from the popular association of erudition with occult practices
Date: 1715
1 : a magic spell <the girls appeared to be under a glamour ― Llewelyn Powys>
2 : an exciting and often illusory and romantic attractiveness <the glamour of Hollywood> especially : alluring or fascinating attraction ― often used attributively < glamour stock> < glamour girls> <whooping cranes and ⋯ other glamour birds ― R. T. Peterson>
– glamour transitive verb
– glam · our · less \ -l ə s \ adjective