glossy
/ˈɡlɔsi/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.43 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Example Sentences
- "glossy hair"
- "glossy magazine"
- "He was in the middle of a blue world. As far as the eye could see, a sheet of water reached into the distance. The May sun shimmered on its surface. Above, high above, stretched a clear blue sky. The fresh, new sky looked so glossy and vivid that it might spill down to earth at any moment."
- "The trendy rehabs being pimped by the addiction industry's glossy PR."
- "This divisive populist electro may never shake its myriad detractors who cry foul about the glossy repackaging of the scene it’s largely indebted to, but it’s wrong to dismiss such meticulously crafted production because of its accessibility."
- "The supermarket glossies are full of celebrity gossip and fad diets."
Etymology
Etymology tree English gloss Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English glossy From gloss + -y.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɡlɔsi/
- British English: /ˈɡlɒsi/