glassy

English

a glassy building.

Etymology

From Middle English glasy, equivalent to glass +‎ -y. Compare Saterland Frisian glääsich (“glassy”), Dutch glazig (“glassy”), German Low German glasig (“glassy”), German glasig (“glassy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡlɑːsi/

• Rhymes: -ɑːsi

• IPA^(key): /ɡlæsi/

• Rhymes: -æsi

Adjective

glassy (comparative glassier, superlative glassiest)

1. Of or like glass, especially in being smooth and somewhat reflective.
2. Including a lot of glass.
3. Dull; expressionless.

   the glassy eyes of a person in a trance

4. (surfing, of water, not comparable) Lacking any chop; smooth and mostly flat.

Derived terms

• glassily
• glassiness

Translations

of or like glass

• Bulgarian: стъклен (stǎklen), стъкловиден (stǎkloviden)
• Dutch: glasachtig (nl), glazig (nl)
• Finnish: lasinen (fi)
• Galician: vidroso
• Italian: vitreo (it), vetrato (it)
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• Latvian: stiklveida
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: glassaktig, (surface) speilblank

• Polish: szklany (pl) m
• Spanish: vidrioso, vítreo (es) m

dull, expressionless

• Bulgarian: мътен (bg) (mǎten), безизразен (bg) (bezizrazen)
• Dutch: glasachtig (nl), glazig (nl)
• Finnish: lasittunut
• Hungarian: kifejezéstelen (hu)
• Italian: vitreo (it)
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• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: glassaktig

• Russian: остекленевший (ru) (osteklenevšij)
• Spanish: vidrioso

Noun

glassy (plural glassies)

1. (Ulster) Glass marble.

Alternative forms

• glasser