Glamour

Glamour

glam·​our /ˈɡlamər/

Noun

1. the attractive or exciting quality that makes certain people or things seem appealing or special

“A little while the rose, And after that the thorn; An hour of dewy morn, And then the glamour goes.”

– Henry Van Dyke (1852 – 1933)

2. magic, illusion

“There were those in this neighbourhood, long after the beginning of the present century, who believed that a slip of rowan tree carried on their person dispelled glamour, and rendered nugatory all the powers of sorcery and witchcraft.”

– Lindores Abbey and the Burgh of Newburgh (1876) by Alexander Laing (1808 – 1892)