01 n. A charm affecting the eye, making objects appear different from what they really are.
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1.
A charm affecting the eye, making objects appear different from what they really are.
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2.
Witchcraft; magic; a spell.
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3.
A kind of haze in the air, causing things to appear different from what they really are.“The air filled with a strange, pale glamour that seemed to lie over the broad valley.” — W. Black.
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4.
Any artificial interest in, or association with, an object, through which it appears delusively magnified or glorified.“It had much of glamour might To make a lady seem a knight.” — Sir W. Scott.
Phrases & compounds
Glamour gift —
the gift or power of producing a glamour. The former is used figuratively, of the gift of fascination peculiar to women.