SHINY

glistening, glossy, lustrous, sheeny, shiny, shining

(adjective) reflecting light; “glistening bodies of swimmers”; “the horse’s glossy coat”; “lustrous auburn hair”; “saw the moon like a shiny dime on a deep blue velvet carpet”; “shining white enamel”

glazed, shiny

(adjective) having a shiny surface or coating; “glazed fabrics”; “glazed doughnuts”

bright, burnished, lustrous, shining, shiny

(adjective) made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow; “bright silver candlesticks”; “a burnished brass knocker”; “she brushed her hair until it fell in lustrous auburn waves”; “rows of shining glasses”; “shiny black patents”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

shiny (comparative shinier or more shiny, superlative shiniest or most shiny)

Reflecting light.

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Emitting light.

(colloquial) Excellent; remarkable.

(obsolete) Bright; luminous; clear; unclouded.

• The Lincolnshire Poacher (traditional song)

Noun

shiny (plural shinies)

(informal) Anything shiny; a trinket.

(slang) Contraction of disparaging term "shiny arses", originating during World War Two, to describe a desk worker.

Source: Wiktionary

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Shin"y, a. [Compar. Shinier; superl. Shiniest.]

Definition: Bright; luminous; clear; unclouded. Like distant thunder on a shiny day. Dryden.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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