In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
glassy, glazed
(adjective) (used of eyes) lacking liveliness; “empty eyes”; “a glassy stare”; “his eyes were glazed over with boredom”
glassy, vitreous, vitrified
(adjective) (of ceramics) having the surface made shiny and nonporous by fusing a vitreous solution to it; “glazed pottery”; “glassy porcelain”; “hard vitreous china used for plumbing fixtures”
glassy
(adjective) resembling glass in smoothness and shininess and slickness; “the glassy surface of the lake”; “the pavement was...glassy with water”- Willa Cather
Source: WordNet® 3.1
glassier
comparative form of glassy
• sea-girls
Source: Wiktionary
Glass"y, a.
1. Made of glass; vitreous; as, a glassy substance. Bacon.
2. Resembling glass in its properties, as in smoothness, brittleness, or transparency; as, a glassy stream; a glassy surface; the glassy deep.
3. Dull; wanting life or fire; lackluster; -- said of the eyes. "In his glassy eye." Byron. Glassy feldspar (Min.), a variety of orthoclase; sanidine.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 June 2025
(adjective) having an allergy or peculiar or excessive susceptibility (especially to a specific factor); “allergic children”; “hypersensitive to pollen”
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.