glassy
English
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a glassy building.
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”).
Adjective
glassy (comparative glassier, superlative glassiest)
- Of or like glass, especially in being smooth and somewhat reflective.
- Dull; expressionless.
- the glassy eyes of a person in a trance
- (surfing, of water, not comparable) Lacking any chop; smooth and mostly flat.
Derived terms
Translations
of or like glass
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dull, expressionless
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