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.
Phrases and idioms:
cast a glamour over enchant. glamour girl (or boy) an attractive young woman (or man), esp. a model etc.
Derivatives:
glamorous adj. glamorously adv.
Etymology: 18th c.: var. of GRAMMAR, with ref. to the occult practices associated with learning in the Middle Ages