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glaze

noun
/ɡleɪz/

Etymology

From Middle English glasen, from glas (“glass”) (Modern English glass), from Old English glæs, from Proto-Germanic *glasą. Related to glazen. In the sense of "overcompliment", originated in November 2021 and popularized throughout 2022, and allegedly suggests the spattering of semen on the complimented person, following "the visual of a donut being glazed". The noun is from the verb.

  1. inherited from *glasą✻
  2. inherited from glæs
  3. inherited from glasen

Definitions

  1. The vitreous coating of pottery or porcelain

    The vitreous coating of pottery or porcelain; anything used as a coating or color in glazing.

  2. A transparent or semi-transparent layer of paint.

  3. A smooth coating of ice formed on objects due to the freezing of rain

    A smooth coating of ice formed on objects due to the freezing of rain; glaze ice.

  4. ›+ 13 more definitions

    1. Any smooth, transparent layer or coating.

      • […] In the distance the flowing glaze, the breast of the river, with a wind-dapple here and there, […]

    2. A smooth edible coating applied to food.

    3. Broth reduced by boiling to a gelatinous paste, and spread thinly over braised dishes.

    4. A glazing oven

      A glazing oven; glost oven.

    5. A window.

    6. Excessive complimenting or praise, especially in a cringeworthy way.

    7. To install windows.

    8. To apply a thin, transparent layer of coating.

      • to glaze a doughnut
      • An overfired biscuit has insufficient porosity for glazing.

    9. To become glazed or glassy.

    10. Of eyes

      Of eyes: to take on an uninterested appearance; to glaze over.

    11. To ejaculate onto someone's body.

    12. To compliment or praise excessively in a cringeworthy way.

    13. A surname.

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Derived

alkaline glaze, Bristol glaze, confectioner's glaze, confectioners' glaze, deglaze, glazework, glazy, onglaze, salt glaze, star the glaze, glaze coat, overglaze, underglaze, double-glaze, glazeable, glaze over, glazer, glazery, glaze up, double glazing, double-glazing, glazing agent, glazing bar, glazing, reglaze, unglaze

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA