Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Exciting or mysterious attractiveness usually associated with striking physical beauty, luxury, or celebrity.
- noun Archaic Magic cast by a spell; enchantment.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Enchantment; a supposed influence of a charm on the eye, causing it to see objects under an unreal semblance; hence, anything that obscures or deceives vision, physical or mental; fascination; charm; witchery. Compare
gramary (originally the same word). - To charm; bewitch.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A charm affecting the eye, making objects appear different from what they really are.
- noun Witchcraft; magic; a spell.
- noun A kind of haze in the air, causing things to appear different from what they really are.
- noun Any artificial interest in, or association with, an object, through which it appears delusively magnified or glorified.
- noun the gift or power of producing a glamour. The former is used figuratively, of the gift of fascination peculiar to women.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun countable an item, motif, person, image that by association improves appearance
- noun
Witchcraft ;magic charm ; aspell affecting the eye, making objects appear different from what they really are. - noun A kind of haze in the air, causing things to appear different from what they really are.
- noun Any artificial
interest in, or association with, an object, or person, through which it or they appear delusively magnified or glorified. - noun uncountable Alluring
beauty or charm (often with sex-appeal)
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun alluring beauty or charm (often with sex-appeal)
- verb cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Even the word glamour has magic roots, as a charm cast to transform appearances.
NYT > Home Page By ASHLEY MEARS 2011
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Berry is a vocal critic of what he calls the glamour of newness, ease, and affluence; and a champion of distraction.
MY EMPIRE OF DIRT Manny Howard 2010
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Berry is a vocal critic of what he calls the glamour of newness, ease, and affluence; and a champion of distraction.
MY EMPIRE OF DIRT Manny Howard 2010
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Berry is a vocal critic of what he calls the glamour of newness, ease, and affluence; and a champion of distraction.
MY EMPIRE OF DIRT Manny Howard 2010
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Berry is a vocal critic of what he calls the glamour of newness, ease, and affluence; and a champion of distraction.
MY EMPIRE OF DIRT Manny Howard 2010
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It is what you call a glamour, an interlude of witchcraft.
South Wind Norman Douglas 1910
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"That's not work, that's what we call the glamour gig," he laughs of his too-brief time on the set of Hellboy 2.
WalesOnline - Home 2009
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But the emblem of Indian glamour is in the throes of a comeback, and these women had come to the DLF Emporio mall to attend "sari school."
Reinvention of the sari brings a comeback on catwalks, at cocktail parties Emily Wax 2010
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Both book and film stripped the glamour from the mafia and revealed its protagonists for what they were: ruthless, banal, sociopathic thugs far removed from elegant, Godfatherly sophistication and singing in a very different choir from the Sopranos.
Beauty and the Inferno by Roberto Saviano – Review Duncan Campbell 2010
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In the documentary, more glamour is added when the lanky model, Hilary Rhoda of Chevy Chase, Md., wears the precious stone in the new setting.
Hope Diamond gets a Hollywood voice Jacqueline Trescott 2010
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(n.)a physical illusion created by magic
February 7, 2008
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In his book It, Stephen King uses the word "glamour" in reference to the creature known as "It" or "Pennywise", saying that it means a creature able either truly to change its shape and/or physical appearance at will, or to be seen as different things by different people.
September 27, 2008
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Virginia Postrel: The power of glamour
October 18, 2008