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Definition of Glamour

1. Verb. Cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something.

Definition of Glamour

1. n. A charm affecting the eye, making objects appear different from what they really are.

Definition of Glamour

1. Noun. an item, motif, person, image that by association improves appearance ¹

2. Noun. Witchcraft; magic charm; a spell affecting the eye, making objects appear different from what they really are. ¹

3. Noun. A kind of haze in the air, causing things to appear different from what they really are. ¹

4. Noun. Any artificial interest in, or association with, an object, or person, through which it or they appear delusively magnified or glorified. ¹

5. Noun. Alluring beauty or charm (often with sex-appeal) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Glamour

1. to bewitch [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: bewitch

Medical Definition of Glamour

1. 1. A charm affecting the eye, making objects appear different from what they really are. 2. Witchcraft; magic; a spell. 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) Origin: Scot. Glamour, glamer; cf. Icel. Glameggdr one who is troubled with the glaucoma (?); or Icel. Glam-sni weakness of sight, glamour; glamr name of the moon, also of a ghost + sni sight akin to E. See. Perh, however, a corruption of E. Gramarye. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Glamour

Literary usage of Glamour

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"The word glamour, taken up by Scott from its use in some popular ballads, was by him made familiar in general literature. ..."

2. Southern Writers: Selections in Prose and Verse by William Peterfield Trent (1905)
"AH, dim, lost glamour-land, On whose confines I stand, Longing for home that shall be home no more ! There stood my palace grand, Where now, on every hand, ..."

3. Southern Writers: Selections in Prose and Verse by William Peterfield Trent (1905)
"AH, dim, lost glamour-land, On whose confines I stand, Longing for home that shall be home no more ! There stood my palace grand, Where now, on every hand, ..."

4. The Writings of Lafcadio Hearn by Lafcadio Hearn (1922)
"CREOLE SKETCHES THE glamour OF NEW ORLEANS 1 THE season has come at last when ... For in this season is the glamour of New Orleans strongest upon those whom ..."

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