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单词 glamour
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glamourglamorn.

Brit. /ˈɡlamə/, U.S. /ˈɡlæmər/
Forms: Also 1700s glamer, 1700s glamor, 1700s glammar, 1800s glaumour (Scottish).
Etymology: Originally Scots, introduced into the literary language by Scott. A corrupt form of grammar n.; for the sense compare gramarye n. (and French grimoire ), and for the form glomery n.
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.

Brit. /ˈɡlamə/, U.S. /ˈɡlæmər/
Etymology: < glamour n.
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).
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