glamour

glamour
/glam"euhr/, n.
1. the quality of fascinating, alluring, or attracting, esp. by a combination of charm and good looks.
2. excitement, adventure, and unusual activity: the glamour of being an explorer.
3. magic or enchantment; spell; witchery.
adj.
4. suggestive or full of glamour; glamorous: a glamour job in television; glamour stocks.
Also, glamor.
[1710-20; earlier glammar, dissimilated var. of GRAMMAR in sense of occult learning]
Usage. See -or.

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