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glossiness

noun

Etymology

From glossy + -ness.

  1. derived from *ǵʰel-✻ — “to flourish; be green or yellow”
  2. derived from *glus-✻ — “to glow, shine”
  3. borrowed from gloos — “a glow, flare”
  4. suffixed as glossy — “gloss + y”
  5. suffixed as glossiness — “glossy + ness”

Definitions

  1. The state of being glossy.

The neighborhood

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