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},
{
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"sense": "having a reflective surface",
"word": "ողորկ"
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"sense": "having a reflective surface",
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"sense": "having a reflective surface",
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"sense": "having a reflective surface",
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"sense": "having a reflective surface",
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"sense": "having a reflective surface",
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"sense": "having a reflective surface",
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"sense": "having a reflective surface",
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "having a reflective surface",
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{
"code": "ga",
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"sense": "having a reflective surface",
"word": "lonrach"
},
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "having a reflective surface",
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "having a reflective surface",
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"word": "patinato"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "having a reflective surface",
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"sense": "having a reflective surface",
"word": "艶やか"
},
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"code": "km",
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"roman": "rɔɔrɔləəp",
"sense": "having a reflective surface",
"word": "រលើប"
},
{
"code": "la",
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"sense": "having a reflective surface",
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"word": "lucens"
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{
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "having a reflective surface",
"word": "whakahinuhinu"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "having a reflective surface",
"word": "glanset"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "having a reflective surface",
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"masculine"
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{
"code": "pl",
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "having a reflective surface",
"word": "lustroso"
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "gljáncevyj",
"sense": "having a reflective surface",
"word": "гля́нцевый"
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{
"code": "ru",
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"roman": "blestjáščij",
"sense": "having a reflective surface",
"word": "блестя́щий"
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{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "having a reflective surface",
"word": "gleansach"
},
{
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"sense": "having a reflective surface",
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},
{
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"sense": "having a reflective surface",
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{
"code": "es",
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"word": "reluciente"
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"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "having a reflective surface",
"word": "glansig"
},
{
"code": "sv",
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"sense": "having a reflective surface",
"word": "glänsande"
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{
"code": "sv",
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"sense": "having a reflective surface",
"word": "blank"
},
{
"code": "sv",
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"sense": "having a reflective surface",
"word": "blankpolerad"
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{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
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"sense": "having a reflective surface",
"word": "มัน"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "ngao",
"sense": "having a reflective surface",
"word": "เงา"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "having a reflective surface",
"word": "parlak"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "hljáncevyj",
"sense": "having a reflective surface",
"word": "гля́нцевий"
},
{
"code": "uk",
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"sense": "having a reflective surface",
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"code": "uk",
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"sense": "having a reflective surface",
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"ref": "2013, Stacy Zemon, The DJ Sales and Marketing Handbook",
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"sense": "having a reflective surface",
"word": "ողորկ"
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"roman": "yaltır",
"sense": "having a reflective surface",
"word": "ялтыр"
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"sense": "having a reflective surface",
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"sense": "having a reflective surface",
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"sense": "having a reflective surface",
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"word": "brillant"
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"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "having a reflective surface",
"word": "光澤"
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{
"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "guāngzé",
"sense": "having a reflective surface",
"word": "光泽"
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"sense": "having a reflective surface",
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"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "having a reflective surface",
"word": "lonrach"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "having a reflective surface",
"word": "lucido"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "having a reflective surface",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "patinato"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "having a reflective surface",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "luccicante"
},
{
"alt": "あでやか, adeyaka, つややか, tsuyayaka",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"sense": "having a reflective surface",
"word": "艶やか"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "rɔɔrɔləəp",
"sense": "having a reflective surface",
"word": "រលើប"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "having a reflective surface",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "lucens"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "having a reflective surface",
"word": "whakahinuhinu"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "having a reflective surface",
"word": "glanset"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "having a reflective surface",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lśniący"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "having a reflective surface",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "błyszczący"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "having a reflective surface",
"word": "lustroso"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "gljáncevyj",
"sense": "having a reflective surface",
"word": "гля́нцевый"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "blestjáščij",
"sense": "having a reflective surface",
"word": "блестя́щий"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "having a reflective surface",
"word": "gleansach"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "having a reflective surface",
"word": "brillante"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "having a reflective surface",
"word": "lustroso"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "having a reflective surface",
"word": "reluciente"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "having a reflective surface",
"word": "glansig"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "having a reflective surface",
"word": "glänsande"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "having a reflective surface",
"word": "blank"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "having a reflective surface",
"word": "blankpolerad"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "man",
"sense": "having a reflective surface",
"word": "มัน"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "ngao",
"sense": "having a reflective surface",
"word": "เงา"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "having a reflective surface",
"word": "parlak"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "hljáncevyj",
"sense": "having a reflective surface",
"word": "гля́нцевий"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "hljánsovyj",
"sense": "having a reflective surface",
"word": "гля́нсовий"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "hljansóvanyj",
"sense": "having a reflective surface",
"word": "глянсо́ваний"
}
],
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"glossy"
],
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}
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"type": "example"
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"A glossy magazine."
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"(chiefly British, informal) A glossy magazine."
],
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"informal"
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{
"ref": "1998 August 17, Adam Gopnik, “Man Goes To See a Doctor”, in The New Yorker",
"text": "His roster of patients was drawn almost exclusively from among what he liked to call creative people, chiefly writers and painters and composers, and he talked about them so freely that I sometimes half expected him to put up autographed glossies around the office, like the ones on the wall at the Stage Deli.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2013, Stacy Zemon, The DJ Sales and Marketing Handbook",
"text": "Black and white 8- × 10-inch glossies are best, but 5- × 7-inch is okay too. Place photos on top of cardboard when mailing. Don't tape or paper-clip because doing so can ruin the photo.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"A glossy photograph."
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"photograph",
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],
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"(informal) A glossy photograph."
],
"tags": [
"informal"
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{
"ref": "1959, Film Review, page 102",
"text": "Anna Magnani has been making Hollywood glossies recently, so it was good to see her back again in a native Italian production, The Last Temptation, in which with great artistry and all her usual power she played a Nun who finds a woman's and even a mother's heart beating strongly beneath her 'sister's' habit.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1973, Films and Filming, volume 20, page 10",
"text": "[…] the first home-made guide to TV films by which is meant old films shown on the box, not those new Hollywood glossies made specially for it (though a guide there too would soon be welcome).",
"type": "quotation"
}
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"A film depicting people with glamorous lifestyles."
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[
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[
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"informal"
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"film",
"media",
"television"
]
}
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"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
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"ipa": "/ˈɡlɔsi/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
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"ipa": "/ˈɡlɑsi/",
"tags": [
"Canada",
"cot-caught-merger"
]
},
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"rhymes": "-ɒsi"
},
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"rhymes": "-ɔːsi"
},
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/En-us-glossy.ogg",
"tags": [
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"glossy"
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