glam
glam Lexical Profile
glam Game Scores & Validity
• adjective
Extravagantly stylish, alluring, or glamorous in appearance.
"She wore a sparkly, glam outfit to the film premiere."
• noun
Exciting, showy, and alluring attractiveness or charm; glamour.
"The awards ceremony brought a touch of Hollywood glam to the quiet town."
A style of popular rock music from the 1970s characterized by flamboyant, theatrical costumes, heavy makeup, and glittering stage personas; glam rock.
"Bands of the early 1970s helped pioneer glam with their platform boots and theatrical stage shows."
• verb
To dress up or apply cosmetics in order to look glamorous or striking (usually followed by "up").
"They decided to glam up for the charity gala."
• Rhymes for glam
Word Origin & Etymology
Coined in the early 20th century as an informal shortening of "glamour" and "glamorous", which ultimately derive from a Scots alteration of the word "grammar" in the sense of occult learning or magical enchantment.