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glamazonian en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ɡlaməˈzəʊnɪən/ (UK)

Etymology

Blend of glamour + Amazonian.

Meanings

  1. (colloquial, of a woman) Glamorous and tall and/or muscular.
    • She once watched almost eight hours straight of Project Runway, even though she wasn't the least bit interested to start with – but by hour three she was desperate to know who was next going to be auf wiedersehened off the show by the glamazonian Heidi Klum. 2009, Jane Green, Girl Friday:
    • But the real star of the night was not a glamazonian drag queen or a muscled go-go dancer. 2015 September 2, Michael Musto, “A Dancer Not Short on Moves”, in New York Times:
    • She turned every public appearance into a media event and undeniably became a sex goddess of the Glamazonian kind. 2008, Tom Lisanti, Glamour Girls of Sixties Hollywood, page 231:

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glamazonian en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ɡlaməˈzəʊnɪən/ (UK)

Etymology

Blend of glamour + Amazonian.

Meanings

  1. (colloquial) A woman who is glamorous and tall and/or muscular.
    • A breath of fresh air from the highly polished glamazonians who had dominated the early 80s, her waif-like, unconventional beauty meant she would be a perfect figurehead for the rising grunge movement. 2012 June 21, Anna-Lou Weatherley, Chelsea Wives, HarperCollins UK, →ISBN:
    • In rehearsal for The Drowsy Chaperone with genius Geoffrey Rush in 2010. Now she is one hell of a glamazonian! 2010, Legs 11, New Holland Publishers (AU), →ISBN:

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