MEANING
1. An enchantment that deceives perception or gives something an alluring appearance.
2. An attractive air of beauty, sophistication, or excitement.
Use it for
magical disguises; seductive appearances; mistaken identitiesSeparate what a character sees from what physically exists.
Words that belong together
- cast a glamour
- pierce the glamour
- glamour of beauty
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The glamour made a ruined cottage appear to be a palace.
Under moonlight, his borrowed glamour began to slip.
She loved the voice but distrusted the glamour surrounding its owner.
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Usage notes
Primary category: fantasy. The magical sense is literary and older than the usual modern sense of attractive sophistication; do not assume every glamour changes matter. Noun: glamour; plural glamours.
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