glossy
English
Etymology
gloss + -y
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɡlɒsi/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɡlɔsi/
- (cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈɡlɑsi/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɒsi, -ɔːsi
Adjective
glossy (comparative glossier, superlative glossiest)
- Having a smooth, silk-like, reflective (shiny) surface.
- glossy hair
- glossy magazine
Antonyms
- flat
- matte
Derived terms
- glossy antshrike
- glossy ibis
Translations
having a reflective surface
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Noun
glossy (plural glossies)
- (chiefly Britain, informal) A glossy magazine.
- The supermarket glossies are full of celebrity gossip and fad diets.
- (informal) A glossy photograph.
- 2013, Stacy Zemon, The DJ Sales and Marketing Handbook
- 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.
- 2013, Stacy Zemon, The DJ Sales and Marketing Handbook
- (film, informal) A film depicting people with glamorous lifestyles.
- 1959, Film Review (page 102)
- 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.
- 1973, Films and Filming (volume 20, page 10)
- […] 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).
- 1959, Film Review (page 102)