glamour
- glamour
glamour
is spelt -our in BrE and either -our or -or in AmE. The word is originally Scottish, and was brought into general literary use by Walter Scott about 1830. It is an alteration of the word grammar (or more strictly, of the old form gramarye) with the meaning ‘occult learning, magic, necromancy’. It then passed into standard English and meant ‘a delusive or alluring charm’; nearly a century later, in the 1930s, it acquired its main current meaning, first in AmE and then in BrE and elsewhere, relating to the charm or physical allure of a person (usually a woman).
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glamour — [ glamur ] n. m. • v. 1970; mot angl. « séduction, éclat » ♦ Anglic. Charme sophistiqué (dans le domaine du spectacle, de la mode). Le glamour hollywoodien. Appos. Le style glamour des années cinquante. ● glamour nom masculin (anglais glamour,… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Glamour — Gla mour, n. [Scot. glamour, glamer; cf. Icel. gl[ a]meggdr one who is troubled with the glaucoma (?); or Icel. gl[=a]m s[=y]ni weakness of sight, glamour; gl[=a]mr name of the moon, also of a ghost + s[=y]ni sight, akin to E. see. Perh., however … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Glamour — (v. engl. grammar [schrift]gelehrsam) bezeichnete ursprünglich die magisch okkulte Fähigkeit der Geisterbeschwörung. Heute als Attraktivität bzw. Faszinosum verstanden bezeichnet Glamour ein besonders prunkvolles oder elegantes Auftreten oder… … Deutsch Wikipedia
glamour — (del inglés; pronunciamos glamur ) sustantivo masculino 1. (no contable) Uso/registro: restringido. Atractivo o encanto: una película con glamour, un joven con glamour … Diccionario Salamanca de la Lengua Española
glamour — GLEÁMĂR/ adj. farmec. (< germ. glamour) Trimis de raduborza, 15.09.2007. Sursa: MDN … Dicționar Român
glamour — [glam′ər] n. [Scot var. of grammar (with sense of GRAMARYE), popularized by SCOTT2 Sir Walter; orig. esp. in cast the glamour, to cast an enchantment] 1. Archaic a magic spell or charm ☆ 2. seemingly mysterious and elusive fascination or allure;… … English World dictionary
Glamour — Glamour,derod.das:⇨Glanz(2) GlamourGlanz,Pracht,Prunk,Pomp,Gepränge;abwertend:Blendwerk … Das Wörterbuch der Synonyme
glamour — / glæmə/, it. / glamur/ s. ingl. [voce scozz., alteraz. dell ingl. grammar grammatica , ant. gramarye magia , per una popolare associazione dell erudizione con le scienze occulte], usato in ital. al masch. [forte capacità di seduzione, spec.… … Enciclopedia Italiana
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 (Cf. grammar) (q.v.) with a medieval sense of any sort of scholarship,… … Etymology dictionary
glamour — s. m. 1. Beleza sensual, considerada característica de certas figuras públicas elegantes do mundo do espetáculo. 2. Qualidade de quem ou do que é elegante, charmoso e considerado sedutor. ‣ Etimologia: palavra inglesa … Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa
glamour — /ˈɡlɛmur, ingl. ˈɡlæmə(r)/ [vc. ingl., propriamente «magia»] s. m. inv. fascino, attrattiva, charme (fr.) … Sinonimi e Contrari. Terza edizione
