glassy

English

a glassy building.

Etymology

From Middle English glasy, equivalent to glass +‎ -y. Compare Saterland Frisian glääsich (“glassy”), Dutch glazig (“glassy”), German Low German glasig (“glassy”), German glasig (“glassy”).

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ɡlɑːsi/

Rhymes: -ɑːsi

(US) IPA^(key): /ɡlæsi/

Rhymes: -æsi

Adjective

glassy (comparative glassier, superlative glassiest)

Of or like glass, especially in being smooth and somewhat reflective.
Dull; expressionless.
the glassy eyes of a person in a trance
(surfing, of water, not comparable) Lacking any chop; smooth and mostly flat.

Derived terms

glassily
glassiness

Translations

of or like glass

Bulgarian: стъклен (stǎklen), стъкловиден (stǎkloviden)
Dutch: glasachtig (nl), glazig (nl)
Finnish: lasinen (fi)
Galician: vidroso
Italian: vitreo (it), vetrato (it)

Latvian: stiklveida
Norwegian:
Bokmål: glassaktig, (surface) speilblank
Polish: szklany (pl) m
Spanish: vidrioso

dull, expressionless

Bulgarian: мътен (bg) (mǎten), безизразен (bg) (bezizrazen)
Dutch: glasachtig (nl), glazig (nl)
Finnish: lasittunut
Hungarian: kifejezéstelen (hu)
Italian: vitreo (it)

Norwegian:
Bokmål: glassaktig
Russian: остекленевший (ru) (osteklenevšij)
Spanish: vidrioso

Noun

glassy (plural glassies)

(Ulster) Glass marble.

Alternative forms

glasser