SHEEN

shininess, sheen, luster, lustre

(noun) the visual property of something that shines with reflected light

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology 1

Adjective

sheen (comparative sheener, superlative sheenest)

(rare, poetic) Beautiful, good-looking, attractive; radiant; shiny.

Noun

sheen (countable and uncountable, plural sheens)

Splendor; radiance; shininess.

A thin layer of a substance (such as oil) spread on a solid or liquid surface.

Verb

sheen (third-person singular simple present sheens, present participle sheening, simple past and past participle sheened)

(rare, intransitive, poetic) To shine; to glisten.

Etymology 2

Noun

sheen (plural sheens)

The letter ش in the Arabic script.

Etymology

Proper noun

Sheen

An area in London,, officially East Sheen.

A village in Staffordshire, England.

A surname.

Source: Wiktionary

Sheen, a. Etym: [OE. sehene, AS. sciéne, sc, sc, splendid, beautiful; akin to OFries. sk, sk, OS. sc, D. schoon, G. schön, OHG. sc, Goth, skanus, and E. shew; the original meaning being probably, visible, worth seeing. It is not akin to E. shine. See Shew, v. t.]

Definition: Bright; glittering; radiant; fair; showy; sheeny. [R., except in poetry.] This holy maiden, that is so bright and sheen. Chaucer. Up rose each warrier bold and brave, Glistening in filed steel and armor sheen. Fairfax.

Sheen, v. i.

Definition: To shine; to glisten. [Poetic] This town, That, sheening far, celestial seems to be. Byron.

Sheen, n.

Definition: Brightness; splendor; glitter. "Throned in celestial sheen." Milton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition