GLAMOUR


Meaning of GLAMOUR in English

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

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.