Skip to content

glamping

noun

  1. outdoor camping with amenities and comforts not typically had while camping
L739264 on Wikidata ↗

Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈɡlæmpɪŋ/

noun

Etymology: Blend of glamorous + camping. Of UK origin, first appears c. 2005 in The Guardian, adopted in the U.S. by 2007.

  1. Any of various luxury forms of camping.

    Tom Hanks and Sean Penn are doing it. Paris Hilton and Nicole Ritchie want to do it. What are we talking about? “Glamping– or glamorous camping for those not yet in the know.

    And glamping – that’s luxury camping, of course.

verb

Etymology: From glamp + -ing.

  1. present participle and gerund of glamp