glassen

EnglishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

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.

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /ˈɡlɑːsən/, /ˈɡlæsən/
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Rhymes: -ɑːsən, -æsən

AdjectiveEdit

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: […]
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".

SynonymsEdit

(made of glass): glazen

Etymology 2Edit

From glass +‎ -en (verbal suffix).

VerbEdit

glassen (third-person singular simple present glassens, present participle glassening, simple past and past participle glassened)