glamour
- glamour
\ \ [18] Unlikely as it may seem, glamour is ultimately the same word as grammar. This seems to have been used in the Middle Ages for ‘learning’ in general, and hence, by superstitious association, for ‘magic’ (there is no actual record of this, but the related gramarye was employed in that sense). Scottish English had the form glamour for grammar (l is phonetically close to r, and the two are liable to change places), used for ‘enchantment’, or a ‘spell’, for whose introduction to general English Sir Walter Scott was largely responsible. The literal sense ‘enchanted’ has now slipped into disuse, gradually replaced since the early 19th century by ‘delusive charm’, and latterly ‘fashionable attractiveness’.
\ \ Cf.⇒ GRAMMAR
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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
