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sheen

1 American  
[sheen] / ʃin /

noun

  1. luster; brightness; radiance.

  2. gleaming attire.

adjective

  1. shining.

  2. beautiful.

verb (used without object)

  1. Scot. and North England. to shine.

Sheen 2 American  
[sheen] / ʃin /

noun

  1. Fulton (John), 1895–1979, U.S. Roman Catholic clergyman, writer, and teacher.

sheen British  
/ ʃiːn /

noun

  1. a gleaming or glistening brightness; lustre

  2. poetic splendid clothing

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adjective

  1. rare shining and beautiful; radiant

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Related Words

See polish.

Other Word Forms

  • sheenful adjective
  • sheenless adjective
  • sheenly adverb
  • sheeny adjective

Etymology

Origin of sheen

First recorded before 900; (adjective) Middle English sheene “beautiful, bright, shining,” Old English scēne; cognate with German schön; (verb) Middle English s(c)henen, derivative of the adjective; (noun) derivative of the adjective

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