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glassy en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈɡlæsi/ (US)
  • /ˈɡlɑːsi/ (UK)

Etymology

From Middle English glasy, equivalent to glass + -y. Compare Saterland Frisian glääsich (“glassy”), Dutch glazig (“glassy”), German Low German glasig (“glassy”), German glasig (“glassy”).

Meanings

  1. Of or like glass, especially in being smooth and somewhat reflective.
    • a resin tabletop with a glassy polish
  2. (not-comparable, of water) Of or like glass, especially in being smooth and somewhat reflective. ▸ Lacking any chop; smooth and mostly flat.
    • It was blowing about 15 knots, which is considered fairly glassy for the west Coast. 1966, Bruce Brown, director, The Endless Summer:
    • a fair day on a glassy sea
  3. Including a lot of glass.
  4. Including a lot of glass. ▸ Extensively glazed.
    • Every time there's a major technological outage, […] speculation quickly erupts blaming a possible cyberattack. […] mostly, the sentiment of cyber observers is that it's a bad idea to jump to conclusions, especially publicly. ¶ "If we keep crying wolf, then we lose the ability to educate and solve real problems," Bryson Bort, founder of the cybersecurity company Scythe, told me. "We live in the glassiest house in the world with our reliance on information systems." 2023 January 12, Tim Starks, with Aaron Schaffer, “Don't panic. It might not be a cyberattack. The Cybersecurity 202 newsletter.”, in Washington Post, retrieved 12 Jan 2023:
    • architecture enamored of glass and steel, where glassier meant classier
  5. (of eyes) Dull; expressionless; lifeless.
    • the glassy eyes of a person in a trance

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
glassiest Degree=Sup lexicographic
glassier Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Coordinates

shiny · glossy · glossy · shiny · fisheye

Deriveds

glassyheaded · glassy-eyed · nonglassy · glassy carbon · glassily · glassiness · glassy feldspar

Translations (43)

bg стъ́клен (of or like glass) · nb glassaktig (dull, expressionless) · ru остекленевший (dull, expressionless) · nl glazig (of or like glass) · tr cam gibi (dull, expressionless) · gl vidroso (of or like glass) · bg мъ́тен (dull, expressionless) · bg бези́зразен (dull, expressionless) · hu üveg- (of or like glass) · sv spegelblank (of or like glass) · pl szklany (of or like glass) · hu üveges (of or like glass) · uk склоподі́бний (of or like glass) · nb speilblank (of or like glass) · gl vítreo (of or like glass) · fi lasinen (of or like glass) · uk скляни́й (dull, expressionless) · nl glasachtig (dull, expressionless) · lv stiklveida (of or like glass) · pl zimny (dull, expressionless) · it vetrato (of or like glass) · it vitreo (dull, expressionless) · sv glasig (of or like glass) · tr camsı (of or like glass) · nl glazig (dull, expressionless) · eo vitreca (of or like glass) · es vítreo (of or like glass) · nb glassaktig (of or like glass) · hu kifejezéstelen (dull, expressionless) · bg стъклови́ден (of or like glass) · es vidrioso (dull, expressionless) · sv glasartad (dull, expressionless) · nl glasachtig (of or like glass) · la vitreus (of or like glass) · fi lasittunut (dull, expressionless) · gl vidroso (dull, expressionless) · es vidrioso (of or like glass) · uk скляни́й (of or like glass) · uk склови́дний (of or like glass) · tr donuk (dull, expressionless) · it vitreo (of or like glass) · da glasagtig (of or like glass) · uk оскляні́лий (dull, expressionless)

glassy en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈɡlæsi/ (US)
  • /ˈɡlɑːsi/ (UK)

Etymology

From Middle English glasy, equivalent to glass + -y. Compare Saterland Frisian glääsich (“glassy”), Dutch glazig (“glassy”), German Low German glasig (“glassy”), German glasig (“glassy”).

Meanings

  1. A glass marble.
    • Then suddenly she ceased to hear, having caught sight of a glassie rolled into a corner. 1915, D. H. Lawrence, The Rainbow, Vintage, published 2011, page 198:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
glasser alternative lexicographic
glassies Number=Plur lexicographic
glassie alternative lexicographic