单词 | glamour |
释义 | glamourglamorn. 1. Magic, enchantment, spell; esp. in the phrase to cast the glamour over one (see quot. 1721). ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > enchantment or casting spells > [verb (transitive)] bigaleOE biwihelea1225 bewitchc1225 witchc1300 sigalder1303 bichantc1330 becharm1340 enchant1377 charmc1380 forspeakc1440 ensorte1477 encharm1480 conjurea1535 ensorcell1589 fascinate1603 spell1646 maleficiate1651 to cast the glamour over one?17.. maleficate1701 spell-bind1808 makutu1825 trick1829 glamour1832 bespell1894 wizard1898 to put the fluence on1909 effascinate- the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > enchantment or casting spells > [noun] sigaldry?c1225 enchantery1297 enchantment1297 charminga1300 chantmentc1300 chantinga1382 forspeaking1483 fairyc1515 bewitching1535 enchanting1553 fascination1572 eye-biting1584 sparrow-blasting1589 effascination1624 enchant1634 maleficiation1649 spelling1665 glamour1793 weird1813 glamoury1821 ensorcellment1931 ?17.. Johnny Faa in Ritson Sc. Songs (1794) II. 177 As soon as they saw her well far'd face, They coost the glamer o'er her. 1720 A. Ramsay Rise & Fall of Stocks 152 Like Belzie when he nicks a witch, He..Casts o'er her een his cheating glamour. 1721 A. Ramsay Gloss. to Poems (at cited word) When devils, wizards or jugglers deceive the sight, they are said to cast glamour o'er the eyes of the spectator. 1793 R. Burns Poems (ed. 2) II. 220 Ye gipsy-gang that deal in glamor, And you, deep-read in hell's black grammar, Warlocks and witches. 1830 W. Scott Lett. Demonol. & Witchcraft iii This species of Witchcraft is well known in Scotland as the glamour, or deceptio visus, and was supposed to be a special attribute of the race of Gipsies. 1859 Ld. Tennyson Enid in Idylls of King 40 That maiden in the tale, Whom Gwydion made by glamour out of flowers. 1860 C. Reade Cloister & Hearth I. 98 He knows father and daughter both. They cast their glamour on him. 1894 D. C. Murray Making of Novelist 199 The man had a glamour for me and drew me with the attraction of a magnet. 2. a. A magical or fictitious beauty attaching to any person or object; a delusive or alluring charm. ΘΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > [noun] wlitec825 faireOE fairnessOE fairlecc1225 fairheadc1300 fairshipc1300 forma1382 clearnessa1400 beautyc1405 delicacya1450 pulchritudea1460 speciositya1470 lovelinessa1500 beautifulnessc1500 formosityc1500 fairhood?1503 bewtynes?c1510 decorea1513 venusty1559 decorum1604 bellitude1623 beauteousnessa1631 loveliheada1637 decor1656 luculency1656 Venus1657 coquetry1794 beautyhood1832 glamour1840 1840 T. Hood Miss Kilmansegg ii, in New Monthly Mag. 60 263 For to paint that scene of glamour, It would need the Great Enchanter's charm! 1863 ‘Ouida’ Held in Bondage I. viii. 185 I know how quickly the glamour fades in the test of constant intercourse. 1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People v. §1. 213 A sudden burst of military glory threw its glamour over the age of Cressy and Poitiers. b. Charm; attractiveness; physical allure, esp. feminine beauty; frequently attributive (see Compounds 2). colloquial (originally U.S.). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > attractiveness > [noun] > glamour glamour1937 glam1961 zhuzh1968 showbiz1970 glitziness1982 1937 Daily Tel. 26 Oct. 8/5 His hero is just another Glamour Guy. 1947 E. Partridge Usage & Abusage 353/1 A girl or a gigolo may possess glamour: and it makes no matter whether the girl is glamorous in her own right or by the catch-guinea arts of her dressmaker or her cinematographic producer. 1951 M. McLuhan Mech. Bride 94/1 The trade motto ‘Bodies by Fisher’..insists on the close relation of motorcar glamour to sex. 1958 Woman 22 Feb. 8/2 Kitchen needs glamour badly; looks too antiseptic due to all-over white painted walls. Compounds C1. a. glamour gift n. Π 1813 E. Picken Misc. Poems I. 21 May be some wily lass has had the airt, Wi' spells, an' charms, to win our Robin's heart; An' hauds him, wi' her Glaumour gift, sae fell. glamour might n. Π 1805 W. Scott Lay of Last Minstrel iii. ix. 71 It had much of glamour might, Could make a ladye seem a knight. b. glamour-learned adj. Π 1823 G. S. Faber Treat. Christian Dispensations II. ii. iii. 94 During the reign of our glamour-learned first James. C2. glamour boy n. a young man who possesses glamour; spec. (slang) a member of the R.A.F. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > attractiveness > [noun] > glamour > glamorous person lovelyc1450 glamour girl1935 glamour boy1939 glamour puss1952 1939 M. Brinig Anne Minton's Life (1940) 91 People do him a great injustice by calling him a glamour boy. 1941 New Statesman 30 Aug. 218/3 Glamour boys, R.A.F., especially flying crews. 1942 T. Rattigan Flare Path i. 105 I'm going to pour it on with a bucket. If I can't look like the screen's great lover, I can at least smell like a glamour boy. 1954 M. Croft Spare Rod i. v. 36 Those are your two glamour boys. You can't afford to leave them alone in the classroom or you'll have half the girls in as well. glamour girl n. a glamorous young woman; a ‘pin-up girl’. ΘΠ the mind > attention and judgement > attractiveness > [noun] > glamour > glamorous person lovelyc1450 glamour girl1935 glamour boy1939 glamour puss1952 1935 Mademoiselle Dec. 66/1 Horrible grimacing pictures of the Glamour Girl. 1936 in Amer. Speech 11 192/2 The glammiest of the glamour girls—Tallulah Bankhead. 1940 Illustr. London News 196 464/2 There emerged the new glamour-girl, as one must call her nowadays, as thin and slender as a flake of silver leaf, as blanched as an almond, as ‘platinum’ as a wedding-ring. 1956 A. Wilson Anglo-Saxon Attitudes ii. iii. 367 She'd been a glamour girl, but she knew all the answers. glamour puss n. slang a glamorous person. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > attractiveness > [noun] > glamour > glamorous person lovelyc1450 glamour girl1935 glamour boy1939 glamour puss1952 1952 N. Streatfeild Aunt Clara 95 Though Aunt Bess is an angel, nobody could say she was a glamour-puss. 1959 C. MacInnes Absolute Beginners 54 ‘Now listen, glamour puss,’ I said, flicking his bottom with my towel. 1968 Times 6 Jan. 17/6 As every good Butterfly must, she develops visibly and vocally from glamourpuss to grand tragic heroine. Draft additions June 2007 attributive. euphemistic (originally British). Of or relating to nude or topless modelling or photography, as glamour model, glamour photography, etc. ΚΠ 1958 (title) Glamour Guide supplement..1/6. 1967 J. E. Hollands & L. Danells (title) Pocket guide to glamour photography... A handy reference for glamour models and photographers. 1981 Times 16 Sept. 25/5 (advt.) We are looking for new faces for fashion, photographic and glamour modelling. 1989 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 29 Apr. 10/2 Glamour modelling which has become extremely popular worldwide in the last decade is due mainly to England's top selling daily newspaper, The Sun. 2004 K. Price Being Jordan x. 77 I thought that I looked flat-chested and not as sexy as the other girls on the glamour circuit. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022). glamourglamorv. a. transitive. To affect with glamour; to charm, enchant. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > enchantment or casting spells > [verb (transitive)] bigaleOE biwihelea1225 bewitchc1225 witchc1300 sigalder1303 bichantc1330 becharm1340 enchant1377 charmc1380 forspeakc1440 ensorte1477 encharm1480 conjurea1535 ensorcell1589 fascinate1603 spell1646 maleficiate1651 to cast the glamour over one?17.. maleficate1701 spell-bind1808 makutu1825 trick1829 glamour1832 bespell1894 wizard1898 to put the fluence on1909 effascinate- 1832–52 W. Fergusson in Whistle-Binkie 3rd Ser. (Sc. Songs) 109 For ither scenes, and ither charms, Hae glamour'd Willie's een. 1835 J. P. Kennedy Horse-shoe Robinson (1860) xxxiv. 382 He was wrought upon, bewildered, glamoured (to use a most expressive Scotch phrase) by the remembrance of a sickly dream. 1889 Times 28 Oct. 5/6 The Greeks..glamoured with the prospect of an addition to their European consequence and greatness. b. To glamorize. Const. up. colloquial (originally U.S.). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > attractiveness > attract [verb (transitive)] > glamorize glamorize1936 glamour1951 ritz1962 exoticize1969 1951 L. Z. Hobson Celebrity (1953) xv. 243 It's lost some of the subtlety of the book..and they've glamoured it up a little too much. 1958 B. Ruck Third Love Lucky ix. 58 Where was his sweet, sporting, glowing, skating partner with such pretty natural ways? All glamoured up and spoiled. Derivatives ˈglamouring adj. ΚΠ 1871 B. Taylor tr. J. W. von Goethe Faust (Boston ed.) I. xxi. 256 The mountain's side along Sweeps an infuriate glamouring song! This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?17..v.1832 |
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