"glissy" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: glissier [comparative], glissiest [superlative]
Etymology: Origin obscure. Possibly from dialectal gliss (“to shine”) + -y. Compare English glossy, Middle English glisen, glissen, glisten (“to shine, glisten”) from Old English glisian (“to shine, glisten”). Etymology templates: {{unk|en|title=obscure}} obscure, {{af|en|gliss|-y|id2=adjectival|t1=to shine}} gliss (“to shine”) + -y, {{cog|en|glossy}} English glossy, {{cog|enm|glisen}} Middle English glisen, {{cog|ang|glisian|t=to shine, glisten}} Old English glisian (“to shine, glisten”) Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} glissy (comparative glissier, superlative glissiest)
  1. (Northern England) shiny, glistening. Tags: Northern-England
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  2. (slang) shiny and slippery; glossy. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-glissy-en-adj-VqmxHZXg
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: glisten
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