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glossen

glossen verb: to make or become glossy or like gloss.

Verb

glossen (third-person singular simple present glossens, present participle glossening, simple past and past participle glossened)

  1. (ambitransitive) To make or become glossy or like gloss
    • The plumage at this season undergoes a great change from that of winter, in addition to the white gorget and thigh-patch, the black mane and the white plumes on the neck, it thickens, glossens and becomes very rich in metallic lustre.1869, Zoologist: A Monthly Journal of Natural History, page 1509

Forms of glossen

third-person singular presentglossens
present participleglossening
past participleglossened
pastglossened

Origin of glossen

From gloss + -en.

Questions about glossen

What does glossen mean?
Glossen means to make or become glossy or like gloss.
What part of speech is glossen?
Glossen is a verb.
What is the past tense of glossen?
The past tense of glossen is glossened.

Words near glossen in the dictionary

  1. glossematician
  2. glossematicians
  3. glossematics
  4. glosseme
  5. glossemes
  6. glossen
  7. glossened
  8. glossening
  9. glossens
  10. glosser
  11. glossers

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