shiny
adjectifnomnomcourant dans les dialogues
- //ˈʃaɪ.ni//
Reflecting light.
adjectif
- 1
Reflecting light.
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.
- 2
Emitting light.
- 3
Excellent; remarkable.
We're shiny, Okay?
- 4
obsolèteBright; luminous; clear; unclouded.
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.
Étymologie
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).
nom
- 1
familierAnything that glitters; a trinket.
- 2
A desirable collectible.
Étymologie
From shine + -y (noun suffix).
nom
- 1
vieilliA deskworker.
Étymologie
Contraction of "shiny arse", originated during World War II. https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=mAdUqLrKw4YC&pg=PA1717
Formes
- pluriel
- shinies
- comparatif
- shinier, more shiny
- superlatif
- shiniest, most shiny