glamour, glamor

glamour, glamor
Glamour is the preferred (really the only) spelling of that which compels charm and induces romance and excitement: "She secured a position in the theater which is loaded with glamour." "Joe longed for the glamour of becoming an astronaut." The verb form is spelled differently, however (Don't glamorize your job), and the adjectival form is glamorous: "She is the most glamorous woman in the entire film world."

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  • glamour — (BrE) (AmE glamor) noun … OF GLAMOUR ▪ touch ▪ Several movie stars were invited to add a touch of glamour to the occasion. VERB + GLAMOUR/GLAMOR ▪ have ▪ He had a glamour …   Collocations dictionary

  • glamor — See glamour, glamor …   Dictionary of problem words and expressions

  • glamour — See glamour, glamor …   Dictionary of problem words and expressions

  • Glamour (disambiguation) — Glamour or Glamor may refer to: * Glamour, alluring beauty or charm (often with sex appeal); * Glamour , a women s magazine; * Glamour (spell), a type of spell over someone, particularly to change how things appeared to them. [ Glamour in… …   Wikipedia

  • glamor — chiefly U.S. alternative spelling of GLAMOUR (Cf. glamour) (q.v.). Related: Glamorous; glamorously …   Etymology dictionary

  • glamor — n. Same as {glamour}. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • glamour — [glam′ər] n. [Scot var. of grammar (with sense of GRAMARYE), popularized by SCOTT2 Sir Walter; orig. esp. in cast the glamour, to cast an enchantment] 1. Archaic a magic spell or charm ☆ 2. seemingly mysterious and elusive fascination or allure;… …   English World dictionary

  • glamor — glamor, glamoroso sa, glamour → glamur …   Diccionario panhispánico de dudas

  • glamour — glamor, glamoroso sa, glamour → glamur …   Diccionario panhispánico de dudas

  • glamour — (n.) 1720, Scottish, magic, enchantment (especially in phrase to cast the glamor), a variant of Scottish gramarye magic, enchantment, spell, alteration of English GRAMMAR (Cf. grammar) (q.v.) with a medieval sense of any sort of scholarship,… …   Etymology dictionary

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