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glamorous

adjective

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Pronunciation: /ˈɡlæ.mə.ɹəs/ / /ˈɡlɛ.mə.ɹəs/

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree English glamor Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ōtsos or *-otsos Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English glamorous From glamor + -ous.

  1. Having glamour; stylish.

    I’m not surprised that Rudd seizes on my accent – his parents were British Jews from Edgware and Surbiton, and while Rudd was born in New Jersey in 1969 and raised in the US, he was often in Britain as a kid to visit relatives in London’s less glamorous suburbs and Basingstoke.

  2. Being associated with one or more glamours.