sheener
English
Etymology
From Middle English schenre, from Old English sċēnra, sċȳnra, from Proto-Germanic *skaunizô, comparative of Proto-Germanic *skauniz (“shiny; beautiful”), equivalent to sheen + -er (comparative suffix).
Adjective
sheener
- comparative form of sheen: more sheen
Adverb
sheener
- comparative form of sheen: more sheen
- 1983, original 1862, William Henry Schofield, English Literature, page 392:
- Now St. Margaret is in Paradise, "where she shineth sevenfold sheener than the sun."
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