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glissy

glissy adjective: shiny, glistening.

Adjective

glissy (comparative glissier, superlative glissiest)

  1. (Northern England) shiny, glistening.
  2. (slang) shiny and slippery; glossy.

Forms of glissy

comparativeglissier
superlativeglissiest

Origin of glissy

Origin obscure. Possibly from dialectal gliss (“to shine”) + -y. Compare English glossy, Middle English glisen, glissen, glisten (“to shine, glisten”) from Old English glisian (“to shine, glisten”).

Questions about glissy

What does glissy mean?
Glissy means shiny, glistening.
What part of speech is glissy?
Glissy is an adjective.

Words near glissy in the dictionary

  1. glissing
  2. Glisson
  3. Glissonian
  4. Glissonian capsule
  5. Glissonian capsules
  6. glissy
  7. glist
  8. glisten
  9. glistened
  10. glistener
  11. glisteners

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