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Synonyms for glamour

Grammar : Noun
Spell : glam-er
Phonetic Transcription : ˈglæm ər

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Définition of glamour

Origin :
  • 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.
  • noun sophisticated style
Example sentences :
  • But—if indeed, you are dazzled by the glamour of a title—do not be too confident of his fealty.
  • Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
  • But what did anything matter, if the glamour of the Nile was in our blood?
  • Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
  • Yet the fascinating possibility is like a taste for drink, or the glamour of cards.
  • Extract from : « Meadow Grass » by Alice Brown
  • There is a mystery at the heart of the book that throws over it the glamour of romance.
  • Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
  • But the 'glamour' of the moon is not a mere poetic invention or a lover's fancy.
  • Extract from : « Storyology » by Benjamin Taylor
  • You would destroy all glamour, and be the death of every principle.
  • Extract from : « The Burning Spear » by John Galsworthy
  • When the glamour of his personality is forgotten, what will be remembered?
  • Extract from : « The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 1 (of 2) » by Harry Furniss
  • This was the house in which he had first dreamed the dream by the glamour of which he had been led astray.
  • Extract from : « Murder Point » by Coningsby Dawson
  • When the work of the household was in hand she shook off the glamour of the new-found emotion.
  • Extract from : « The Shadow of a Crime » by Hall Caine
  • If we pursue the glamour of God, we find the exact opposite of all these things.
  • Extract from : « The Romance of the Soul » by Lilian Staveley

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