glassen
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English glassen, glasen, from Old English glæsen (“made of glass”), from Proto-West Germanic *glasīn (“made of glass; glazen”). Equivalent to glass + -en (adjective suffix). Doublet of glazen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡlɑːsən/, /ˈɡlæsən/
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- Rhymes: -ɑːsən, -æsən
Adjective
glassen (comparative more glassen, superlative most glassen)
- Made of or consisting of glass.
- 2012, B. Suchoff, Bela Bartok, Rumanian Folk Music:
- From the castle calls Ileana, Refrain (Looking) through the glassen windows, (Looking) through the glassen windows: […]
- 2013, Allen G. Debus, The Chemical Philosophy:
- But I had a glassen vessel, of a narrow neck, weighing 1354 grains: […]
- 2012, B. Suchoff, Bela Bartok, Rumanian Folk Music:
- Resembling glass; glassy; glazed.
- 1640 (first published), Ben Jonson, An Epistle to a friend to persuade him to join the wars
- And pursues the dice with glassen eyes.
- 2004, John Coulson Tregarthen, John Penrose: A Romance of the Land's End:
- Abreast of the players, he jumped down, seized one of the taws - it was a glassen alley - knuckled down, fired kibby at the clayers in the ring, and was back in his seat before you could cry "Jack Robinson".
- 1640 (first published), Ben Jonson, An Epistle to a friend to persuade him to join the wars
Synonyms
- (made of glass): glazen
Etymology 2
From glass + -en (verbal suffix).
Verb
glassen (third-person singular simple present glassens, present participle glassening, simple past and past participle glassened)
- (transitive) To coat or cover (e.g. pottery, etc.) with glaze; make glassy.
Synonyms
- glaze (verb)
Anagrams
- nagless
Middle English
Adjective
glassen
- Alternative form of glasen
Swedish
Noun
glassen
- definite singular of glass.
Anagrams
- glasens, slagens