sheenest

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A form of sheen — Beautiful, good-looking, attractive, fair; bright, radiant; shiny.

OriginMiddle English shenest ← Old English sċēnost ← Proto-Germanic *skaunistaz →
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Meanings

adjective
  1. superlativesuperlative form of sheen: most sheen
adverb
  1. superlativesuperlative form of sheen: most sheen

Origin

  1. Proto-Germanic*skauniz“shiny; beautiful”
  2. Proto-Germanic*skaunistaz
  3. Old Englishsċēnost
  4. Middle Englishshenest
  5. Englishsheenest

From Middle English shenest, from Old English sċēnost, sċȳnost, sċēonost, sċīenost, from Proto-Germanic *skaunistaz, superlative of Proto-Germanic *skauniz (“shiny; beautiful”), equivalent to sheen + -est (superlative suffix).

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APA

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Chicago

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

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