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glamorous, a.|ˈglæmərəs|
Also glamourous.
[f. glamour + -ous.]
Full of glamour. Cf. next.
1882Ch. Q. Rev. Apr. 139 The eagle flight of Plato..has always the effect of making the plain world..seem to reel and spin..it grows faint and glamorous. 1885C. E. Craddock in Harper's Mag. Dec. 136/1 The mountains..wore a glamourous purple. 1938D. Smith Dear Octopus i. 22 Cynthia. I work for her. Belle. As a mannequin? Cynthia. Nothing so youthful and glamorous. 1942Partridge Usage & Abusage 144/2 Glamorous for romantic or (of a scene, a night, etc.) lovely or (of a woman) beautiful and attractive or (of a way of life) exciting or adventurous or (of a love-affair or a flirtation) sex-filled or amorous belongs to the advertising of films—and should be treated as the dubious privilege of boss-driven copywriters. 1946F. Wakeman Hucksters (1947) xiv. 195 Her innocence was wonderful. In his world of hep, glamorous dames, he'd forgotten about the jeune fille. 1967Times 8 July 11/4 Recently I visited a West End store and told the glamorous lady assistant that I wanted a bottle of scent.
Hence ˈglamorously adv.
1891E. Castle Consequences I. i. ii. 34 The whole scene..became as it were glamorously illuminated. |