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Definition of Glossiness
1. Noun. The property of being smooth and shiny.
Generic synonyms: Smoothness, Effulgence, Radiance, Radiancy, Refulgence, Refulgency, Shine
Specialized synonyms: French Polish, Glaze
Derivative terms: Burnish, Gloss, Glossy, Glossy, Polish
Definition of Glossiness
1. n. The condition or quality of being glossy; the luster or brightness of a smooth surface.
Definition of Glossiness
1. Noun. The state of being glossy. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Glossiness
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Medical Definition of Glossiness
1. The condition or quality of being glossy; the luster or brightness of a smooth surface. Origin: From Glossy. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Glossiness
Literary usage of Glossiness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Imaginary Conversations by Walter Savage Landor (1883)
"They who reason so profoundly seen* to argue thus: if it requires more skill in
a tailor to give a fashionable cut and fresh glossiness to an old court- ..."
2. The Weathering of Aboriginal Stone Artifacts, No. 1.: A Consideration of the by Newton Horace Winchell, Minnesota Historical Society (1913)
"(2) Uniformly, some portion of a Paleolithic artifact, along with coarse and rude
chipping. will show more or less glossiness. This glossiness sometimes is ..."
3. The Chinese Classics: With a Translation, Critical and Exegetical Notes by James Legge, Confucius, Mencius (1871)
"Sih yew ch'ang-ts'oo. it А Щ 1 In the low wet grounds is the carambola tree; Soft
and pliant are its branches, With the glossiness of tender beauty. ..."
4. Publications by Western Reserve Historical Society (1892)
"All these European specimens, besides this glossiness, show a peculiar structural
alteration of the surface (technically known as the patina), ..."
5. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1839)
"Suspecting from this that she had been somehow led to connect glossiness with red,
... How the patient came to connect glossiness with a colour we could not ..."
6. The Horse: With a Treatise on Draught by William Youatt (1843)
"The horse is well to-day, and to-morrow he is gorged from the fetlock to the
haunch, and although there is not the same redness or glossiness, ..."
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