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Glamour

Glamour Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Glamour? [n] alluring beauty or charm (often with sex-appeal) [v] cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something Synonyms \| Synonyms for Glamour: bewitch \| enchant \| glamor \| hex \| jinx \| witch Related Terms \| Find terms related to Glamour: agacerie \| alchemy \| allure \| allurement \| appeal \| appealingness \| attraction \| attractiveness \| aura \| beguilement \| beguiling \| bewitchery \| bewitchment \| blandishment \| blaze of glory \| brightness \| brilliance \| brilliancy \| cajolery \| cantrip \| captivation \| charisma \| charm \| charmingness \| come-hither \| curse \| delightfulness \| divination \| enchantment \| enravishment \| enthrallment \| enticement \| entrancement \| entrapment \| envelope \| evil eye \| exorcism \| exquisiteness \| fascination \| fetishism \| flirtation \| forbidden fruit \| gloriousness \| glory \| gorgeousness \| grace \| gramarye \| halo \| heavenliness \| hex \| hoodoo \| illustriousness \| inducement \| interest \| inveiglement \| invitation \| invitingness \| jinx \| juju \| jujuism \| loveliness \| luster \| luxury \| magic \| magic spell \| magnetism \| malocchio \| mystique \| natural magic \| necromancy \| nimbus \| numinousness \| obeah \| radiance \| ravishingness \| resplendence \| resplendency \| rune \| seducement \| seduction \| seductiveness \| sensuousness \| sex appeal \| shamanism \| snaring \| sorcery \| sortilege \| spell \| spellbinding \| spellcasting \| splendidness \| splendor \| splendorousness \| splendrousness \| sublimity \| sympathetic magic \| tantalization \| tantalizingness \| temptation \| temptingness \| thaumaturgia \| thaumaturgics \| thaumaturgism \| thaumaturgy \| theurgy \| vampirism \| voluptuousness \| voodoo \| voodooism \| wanga \| weird \| whammy \| white magic \| winning ways \| winningness \| winsomeness \| witchcraft \| witchery \| witchwork \| wizardry \| wooing See Also \| beauty \| becharm \| charm \| spell \| voodoo Glamour In Webster's Dictionary \Gla"mour\, n. [Scot. glamour, glamer; cf. Icel. gl['a]meggdr one who is troubled with the glaucoma (?); or Icel. gl[=a]m-s?ni weakness of sight, glamour; gl[=a]mr name of the moon, also of a ghost + s?ni sight akin to E. see. Perh., however, a corruption of E. gramarye.] 1. A charm affecting the eye, making objects appear different from what they really are. 2. Witchcraft; magic; a spell. --Tennyson. 3. A kind of haze in the air, causing things to appear different from what they really are. The air filled with a strange, pale glamour that seemed to lie over the broad valley. --W. Black. 4. Any artificial interest in, or association with, an object, through which it appears delusively magnified or glorified. {Glamour gift}, {Glamour might}, the gift or power of producing a glamour. The former is used figuratively, of the gift of fascination peculiar to women. It had much of glamour might To make a lady seem a knight. --Sir W. Scott.

Glamour Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Glamour?

[n] alluring beauty or charm (often with sex-appeal)
[v] cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something

Glamour In Webster's Dictionary

\Gla"mour\, n. [Scot. glamour, glamer; cf. Icel.
gl['a]meggdr one who is troubled with the glaucoma (?); or
Icel. gl[=a]m-s?ni weakness of sight, glamour; gl[=a]mr name
of the moon, also of a ghost + s?ni sight akin to E. see.
Perh., however, a corruption of E. gramarye.]
1. A charm affecting the eye, making objects appear different
   from what they really are.

2. Witchcraft; magic; a spell. --Tennyson.

3. A kind of haze in the air, causing things to appear
   different from what they really are.

         The air filled with a strange, pale glamour that
         seemed to lie over the broad valley.  --W. Black.

4. Any artificial interest in, or association with, an
   object, through which it appears delusively magnified or
   glorified.

{Glamour gift}, {Glamour might}, the gift or power of
   producing a glamour. The former is used figuratively, of
   the gift of fascination peculiar to women.

         It had much of glamour might To make a lady seem a
         knight.                               --Sir W.
                                               Scott.

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