glamour

[glam-er] /ˈglæm ər/
noun
1.
the quality of fascinating, alluring, or attracting, especially 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.
adjective
4.
suggestive or full of glamour; glamorous:
a glamour job in television; glamour stocks.
Also, glamor.
Origin
1710-20; earlier glammar, dissimilated variant of grammar in sense of occult learning
Usage note
See -or1.
Examples from the web for glamour
  • But the strange part of it is that this glamour and beauty and sensitivity to life are not gone.
  • The monarchy needs a combination of stability and glamour.
  • Naturally, her hand-wringing only ratified the city's noir glamour.
  • Yet people are buying lie-detection reports, wrapped in the glamour of science, to try to prove their honesty.
  • Shellfish are optional, but always add glamour and color if you wish to include them.
  • He's attuned to a world in which writers must adapt or die in an age of diminished glamour surrounding literary product.
  • Such businesses lack glamour and visibility but can be highly profitable.
  • After all, she had come through without losing her glamour.
  • Greg will be relaying all the glitz, glamour and barking going on during the celebration.
  • It is, after all, easy to get swept away with the glamour.
British Dictionary definitions for glamour

glamour

/ˈɡlæmə/
noun
1.
charm and allure; fascination
2.
  1. fascinating or voluptuous beauty, often dependent on artifice
  2. (as modifier): a glamour girl
3.
(archaic) a magic spell; charm
Word Origin
C18: Scottish variant of grammar (hence a magic spell, because occult practices were popularly associated with learning)
Word Origin and History for 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 (q.v.) with a medieval sense of "any sort of scholarship, especially occult learning." Popularized by the writings of Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832). Sense of "magical beauty, alluring charm" first recorded 1840.

v.

1814, from glamour (n.). Related: Glamoured; glamouring.