Glamorous Meaning
/ˈɡlæ.mə.ɹəs/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjHaving glamour; stylish.
adjBeing associated with one or more glamours.
Sentence Examples
She's a glamorous girl.
Show business is really glamorous.
Mary earns a lot of money and has a glamorous lifestyle.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The actress looked ____ in her beautiful red dress at the party.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The Hollywood star lived a very ____ life, attending fancy parties and traveling the world in a private jet.
Word Origin & History
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.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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."
— 2015 July 9, Hadley Freeman, “Paul Rudd on Ant-Man, being Hollywood’s go-to nice guy and growing up with English parents in Kansas”, in The Guardian:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The actress looked ____ in her beautiful red dress at the party.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The Hollywood star lived a very ____ life, attending fancy parties and traveling the world in a private jet.