Meaning & use
Glamour
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An attractive quality of excitement, beauty, or fashionable sophistication.
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The old Hollywood glamour of the 1950s still influences fashion today.
Beneath the glamour of the travel photos, the trip was exhausting and stressful.
A note on using this word
The word originally meant "magic spell" in Scots English, evolving into its modern sense of alluring charm by the 19th century.
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drabness
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