Glamour
['ɡlæmə]
Definition
(n.) A charm affecting the eye, making objects appear different from what they really are.
(n.) Witchcraft; magic; a spell.
(n.) A kind of haze in the air, causing things to appear different from what they really are.
(n.) Any artificial interest in, or association with, an object, through which it appears delusively magnified or glorified.
Editor: Wallace
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Witchery (applied to the eye so as to make things seem to be what they are not).
Checker: Phyllis
Definition
n. the supposed influence of a charm on the eyes making them see things as fairer than they are: fascination: enchantment.
Typed by Jewel
Examples
- Bob Glamour, William Williams, and Jonathan of the no surname, all shake hands with one another round, and with the doctor too. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- It's to be hoped he'll make a better use of his life,' says Bob Glamour, 'than I expect he will. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- In an instant he snuffed glamour and magic. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Still the faint glamour of blackness persisted over the fields and the wooded hills, and seemed darkly to gleam in the air. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- She enjoyed the thought of showing herself untouched by the 'glamour,' which she was well aware Margaret had the power of throwing over many people. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
Edited by Eva