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gleamy

adj
/ˈɡliːmi/

Etymology

From gleam + -y.

  1. inherited from *ǵʰley-✻ — “to shine”
  2. inherited from *glaimiz✻ — “brightness; splendour”
  3. inherited from glǣm — “gleam”
  4. inherited from glem
  5. suffixed as gleamy — “gleam + y”

Definitions

  1. shiny, bright, glowing

    • Yet, still thy name its energies shall deal, When wild storms gather round thy country's sun; Her glowing youth shall grasp the gleamy steel, Rank'd round the glorious wreaths which thou hast won!
    • She set them together and opened her lips to show him all the gleamy whiteness between.

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