glaze
/ɡleɪz/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.28 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The vitreous coating of pottery or porcelain; anything used as a coating or color in glazing.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
A smooth coating of ice formed on objects due to the freezing of rain; glaze ice.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "[…] In the distance the flowing glaze, the breast of the river, with a wind-dapple here and there, […]"
- "to glaze a doughnut"
- "An overfired biscuit has insufficient porosity for glazing."
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 may suggest either the spattering of semen on the complimented person, following "the visual of a donut being glazed", or sugarcoating without sexual connotation. The noun is from the verb.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: glasen, glæs, *glasą
Usage
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Food.