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In the Middle Ages the meaning of grammar was not restricted to the study of language, but included learning in general. Since almost all learning was couched in language not spoken or understood by the unschooled populace, it was commonly believed that such subjects as magic and astrology were included in this broad sense of grammar. Scholars were often viewed with awe and more than a little suspicion by ordinary people. This connection between grammar and magic was evident in a number of languages, and in Scotland by the 18th century a form of grammar, altered to glamer or glamour, meant “a magic spell or enchantment.” As glamour passed into more extended English usage, it came to mean “an elusive, mysteriously exciting attractiveness.”
Examples of glamour in a Sentence
Victor Luckerson, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 May 2025
That movie’s Cleopatra, whose slinky glamour wouldn’t be out of place among off-duty Hollywood actors at the time, reminded Hoffman of an Art Deco-meets-Egypt house that the art director Cedric Gibbons had built for himself and his wife Dolores del Río.
—Joshua Barone, New York Times, 12 May 2025
Jimmy loves and understands the glamour in a thrifty street queen ’do.
—Mark Holgate, Vogue, 10 May 2025
Her hotspots include La Petite Maison, La Mome, Mamo, and Le Grill at Hotel du Cap Eden Roc, Antibes.
Il Grande Palm Beach
New this year is the stunning Il Grande Palm Beach, created to celebrate the glamour of 1960s Italy.
—Jim Dobson, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
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“Glamour.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/glamour. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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