shiny
/ˈʃaɪ.ni/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.88 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
noun
Example Sentences
- "He was wearing a new, fawn-coloured summer suit and a new straw hat—his trousers the creasiest and his shoes the shiniest. Yet he seemed not to be taking the usual infantile satisfaction in a very smart, correct costume."
- "Commercially produced yarn, such as rayon, produces a cloth with a smoother, shinier look than hand-spun cotton, but the uneven, rugged look of hand-spun cotton can be quite appealing."
- "We're shiny, Okay?"
- "Like distant thunder on a shiny day."
- "When I was bound apprentice in famous Lincolnshire Full well I served my master for nigh on seven years Till I took up to poaching as you shall quickly hear Oh, 'tis my delight on a shiny night in the season of the year."
Etymology
Etymology tree English shine Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English shiny From shine + -y (adjectival suffix).
Usage
Inflected Forms
shinier (comparative)
more shiny (comparative)
shiniest (superlative)
most shiny (superlative)
shinies (plural)