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glamour Definition


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glamour
noun
    1. The quality of being fascinatingly, if perhaps falsely, attractive.
      Thesaurus: allure, magnetism, appeal, charm, magic, fascination, attraction, enchantment.
    2. Great beauty or sexual charm, especially when created by make-up, clothes, etc.
Etymology: 18c Scots variant of gramarye, an older variant of grammar, meaning ‘a spell', from the medieval association of magic with learning; introduced into literary English by Sir Walter Scott.



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