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shiny

aggettivosostantivosostantivocorrente nei dialoghi

  • //ˈʃaɪ.ni//

Reflecting light.

aggettivo

  1. 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. 2

    Emitting light.

  3. 3

    Excellent; remarkable.

    We're shiny, Okay?

  4. 4

    obsoletoBright; 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.

Etimologia

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).

sostantivo

  1. 1

    informaleAnything that glitters; a trinket.

  2. 2

    A desirable collectible.

Etimologia

From shine + -y (noun suffix).

sostantivo

  1. 1

    desuetoA deskworker.

Etimologia

Contraction of "shiny arse", originated during World War II. https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=mAdUqLrKw4YC&pg=PA1717

Forme

plurale
shinies
comparativo
shinier, more shiny
superlativo
shiniest, most shiny
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