GLOSSY: Dictionary Entry and Meaning
| Pronunciation: | | 'glâsee
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| Matching Terms: | | Gloss, gloss over, glossa, Glossal, glossalgia, Glossanthrax, Glossarial, Glossarially, Glossarist, glossary, Glossata, Glossator, Glosser, Glossic, glossily, glossina, Glossiness, Glossinidae, Glossist, glossitis, Glossly, Glossocomon, Glossodia, glossodynia, glossodynia exfoliativa, Glossoepiglottic, Glossographer, Glossographical, Glossography, Glossohyal, Glossolalia, Glossological, Glossology, glossopharyngeal, glossopharyngeal nerve, Glossopsitta, Glossopsitta versicolor, glossoptosis, glossy snake
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- [adj] reflecting light; "glistening bodies of swimmers"; "the horse's glossy coat"; "lustrous auburn hair"; "saw the moon like a shiny dime on a deep blue velvet carpet"; "shining white enamel"
- [adj] (of paper and fabric and leather) having a surface made smooth and glossy especially by pressing between rollers; "calendered paper"; "a dress of glossy sateen"
- [adj] having a smooth, gleaming surface; "glossy auburn hair"; "satiny gardenia petals"; "sleek black fur"; "silken eyelashes"; "silky skin"; "a silklike fabric"; "slick seals and otters"
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| | Synonyms: | | bright, calendered, glazed, glistening, lustrous, satin(a), satiny, sheeny, shining, shiny, silken, silklike, silky, sleek, slick, smooth |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Gloss"y\, a. [Compar. {Glossier}; superl. {Glossiest}.]
[See {Gloss} luster.]
1. Smooth and shining; reflecting luster from a smooth
surface; highly polished; lustrous; as, glossy silk; a
glossy surface.
2. Smooth; specious; plausible; as, glossy deceit.
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| | Related Terms: | | artificial, blowup, blueprint, bogus, buffed, burnished, contact printing, contrived, counterfeit, cyanotype, enlargement, false, feigned, finished, fraudulent, furbished, glace, glassy, glazed, gleaming, glistening, hologram, imitation, insincere, lacquered, lantern slide, lustrous, matte, meretricious, microcopy, microprint, photocopy, photogravure, Photostat, photostatic copy, polished, positive, pretended, print, projection printing, pseudo, put-on, rubbed, satiny, semi-matte, sheeny, shellacked, shined, shining, shiny, silken, silky, simulated, sleek, slick, slide, smarmy, smooth, specious, transparency, unreal, varnished, velvety, waxed, Xerox, Xerox copy |
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