glossen

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verb

To make or become glossy or like gloss

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Meanings

verbglossen (third-person singular simple present glossens, present participle glossening, simple past and past participle glossened)

present singular third person glossens · participle present glossening · participle past glossened · past glossened

  1. ambitransitiveTo make or become glossy or like gloss

    The plumage at this season undergoes a great change from that of winter, in addition to the white gorget and thigh-patch, the black mane and the white plumes on the neck, it thickens, glossens and becomes very rich in metallic lustre.

    1869, Zoologist: A Monthly Journal of Natural History, page 1509

Origin

From gloss + -en.

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APA

glossen. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glossen

MLA

“glossen.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glossen. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “glossen,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glossen.

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