glamour
noun/ˈɡlæmə(r)/
/ˈɡlæmər/
(North American English also glamor)
[uncountable, singular]- the attractive and exciting quality that makes a person, a job or a place seem special, often because of wealth or status
- hopeful young actors dazzled by the glamour of Hollywood
- Now that she's a flight attendant, foreign travel has lost its glamour for her.
- Ireland's top fashion model added a touch of glamour to the event.
Extra ExamplesTopics Clothes and Fashionc1- Jumbo jets somehow lack the glamour of the transatlantic liner.
- Hopeful young actors are drawn by the glamour of Hollywood.
- Several film stars were invited to add a touch of glamour to the occasion.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary… of glamour- touch
- have
- lack
- add
- …
- a certain glamour
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- physical beauty that also suggests wealth or success
- Her long dark hair lent her a certain glamour.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary… of glamour- touch
- have
- lack
- add
- …
- a certain glamour
Word Originearly 18th cent. (originally Scots in the sense ‘enchantment, magic’): alteration of grammar. Although grammar itself was not used in this sense, the Latin word grammatica (from which it derives) was often used in the Middle Ages to mean ‘scholarship, learning’, including the occult practices popularly associated with learning.
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