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glamour

noun
/ˈɡlæmə/UK/ˈɡlæmɚ/US

Etymology

Borrowed from Scots glamour (“magic”), alteration of Middle English gramere (“grammar”), from Old French gramaire. Doublet of glamoury, gramarye, grammar, and grimoire. A connection has also been suggested with Old Norse glámr (“the moon", also "the name of a ghost”, poetic byname, literally “the pale one”) and glámsýni (“glamour, illusion”, literally “glam-sight”). From Grettir's Saga aka Grettis Saga, one of the Sagas of Icelanders, after the hero has been cursed by Glam, aka Glamr: "...he was become so fearsome a man in the dark, that he durst go nowhither alone after nightfall, for then he seemed to see all kinds of horrors. And that has fallen since into a proverb, that "Glam lends eyes", or gives Glamsight to those who see things nowise as they are."

  1. derived from glámr — “the moon", also "the name of a ghost”
  2. derived from gramaire
  3. derived from gramere — “grammar”
  4. borrowed from glamour — “magic”

Definitions

  1. Originally, enchantment

    Originally, enchantment; magic charm; especially, the effect of a spell that causes one to see objects in a form that differs from reality, typically to make filthy, ugly, or repulsive things seem beauteous.

  2. Alluring beauty or charm (often with sex appeal).

    • glamour magazines; a glamour model

  3. Any excitement, appeal, or attractiveness associated with a person, place, or thing

    Any excitement, appeal, or attractiveness associated with a person, place, or thing; that which makes something appealing.

    • The idea of being a movie star has lost its glamour for me.
    • “The North Pole was one of these places, I remember. Well, I haven’t been there yet, and shall not try now. The glamour’s off.”
    • Boys have not lost their love for adventure, and still have `itchy feet.' Many are seeking glamor jobs, want to be writers, detectives, seamen.
  4. ›+ 5 more definitions

    1. Any artificial interest in, or association with, objects, or persons, through which they…

      Any artificial interest in, or association with, objects, or persons, through which they appear delusively magnified or glorified.

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

    3. An item, motif, person, image that by association improves appearance.

    4. A beautiful woman.

      • One of the Qantas staff, a glamour, made her way over to us.

    5. To enchant

      To enchant; to bewitch.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for glamour. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA