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GLOSSINESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The property of being smooth and shiny
Synonyms:
burnish; gloss; glossiness; polish
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("glossiness" is a kind of...):
smoothness (a texture without roughness; smooth to the touch)
effulgence; radiance; radiancy; refulgence; refulgency; shine (the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "glossiness"):
French polish (the glaze produced by repeated applications of French polish shellac)
glaze (a glossy finish on a fabric)
Derivation:
glossy (reflecting light)
glossy ((of paper and fabric and leather) having a surface made smooth and shiny especially by pressing between rollers)
