1/30/2007

Glamour

Cowgyrl Tough and Lesbesquet

glamĀ·our
noun
1720, "magic, enchantment" (especially in phrase to cast the glamour), a variant of Scot. gramarye "magic, enchantment, spell," alt. of Eng. grammar (q.v.) with a medieval sense of "any sort of scholarship, especially occult learning." Popularized by the writings of Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832). Sense of "magical beauty, alluring charm" first recorded 1840. Glamorous is 1882 (slang shortening glam first attested 1936); glamorize is 1936.
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2 Comments:

At 2/07/2007 12:54 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Great photo, Lesbesquet...I love it!

 
At 2/08/2007 8:26 AM, Blogger Lesbesquet said...

Thanks, Anne, my Cowgyrl took it with her cell phone! She's amazing...

 

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