shining

English

Etymology

By surface analysis, shine +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃaɪnɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -aɪnɪŋ

Adjective

shining (comparative more shining or (rare) shininger, superlative most shining or (rare) shiningest)

1. Emitting light.

   Synonyms: glowing, luminous; see also Thesaurus:shining

   • 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y., London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC, page 1:

     'Twas early June, the new grass was flourishing everywheres, the posies in the yard—peonies and such—in full bloom, the sun was shining, and the water of the bay was blue, with light green streaks where the shoal showed.

2. Reflecting light.

   Synonyms: mirrorlike, relucent; see also Thesaurus:shiny

3. Having a high polish or sheen.
   • 1910 February, Kate Langley Bosher, “A Real Wedding”, in Mary Cary: “Frequently Martha”, New York, N.Y.; London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, →OCLC, page 165:

     He was at the wedding, too. His beard was flowinger and redder, and the part in the back of his head shininger than ever. He had an elegant time. He was so full of himself you would have thought it was his own party.

   • 1913, Greville MacDonald, “The Twins Write a Letter and Get New Shoes”, in Jack & Jill: A Fairy Story, London: J[oseph] M[alaby] Dent & Sons, […], →OCLC, page 53:

     Hardly knowing what he meant, she plucked a many-headed specimen with a long stalk. At the end of it was such a shining needle that it dazzled her eyes so that she couldn’t see how she did the sewing up with it. But however it was done, the torn sleeve, she says, “didn’t look like wanting mending any more, but was better tore ’cos it let you see he had a shininger coat under.”

4. Having exceptional merit.

   a shining example

   • 1956, C[live] S[taples] Lewis, “What News the Eagle Brought”, in The Last Battle (The Chronicles of Narnia; 7), New York, N.Y.: Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc., →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 82–83:

     Jill had, as you might say quite fallen in love with the Unicorn. She thought—and she wasn’t far wrong—that he was the shiningest, delicatest, most graceful animal she had ever met: and he was so gentle and soft of speech that, if you hadn’t known, you would hardly have believed how fierce and terrible he could be in battle.

Synonyms

• fulgent

Translations

emitting light

• Arabic:

  Egyptian Arabic: لميع (lamīʕ)

• Armenian: պայծառ (hy) (paycaṙ)
• Bulgarian: све́тещ (svétešt), сия́ещ (bg) (sijáešt)
• Finnish: hohtava, kuultava (fi), loistava (fi), valaiseva (fi)
• French: brillant (fr)
• Galician: brillante (gl) m or f
• Georgian: ბრწყინვალე (brc̣q̇invale), ელვარე (elvare)
• German: leuchtend (de), strahlend (de)
• Greek: λαμπρός (el) m (lamprós)

  Ancient: λαμπρός (lamprós), ἀγλαός (aglaós)

• Italian: brillante (it), lucente (it)
• Javanese: sumunar (jv)
• Latin: nitidus, radians (la), lūcidus
• Malayalam: തിളങ്ങുന്ന (tiḷaṅṅunna)
• Ottoman Turkish: نورانی (nurani), ایشق (ışık)
• Romanian: strălucitor (ro)
• Russian: светя́щий (ru) (svetjáščij), сия́ющий (ru) (sijájuščij)
• Sanskrit: चन्द्र (sa) (candra), उज्ज्वल (sa) (ujjvala)
• Spanish: brillante (es)
• Tocharian B: lakᵤtse

reflecting light

• Armenian: փայլուն (hy) (pʻaylun)
• Bulgarian: блестя́щ (bg) (blestjášt)
• Finnish: heijastava (fi), hohtava, kiiluva (fi)
• Georgian: ბრწყინვალე (brc̣q̇invale)
• German: reflektierend (de)
• Irish: lonrach
• Javanese: sumunar (jv)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: بریقەدار (brîqedar)

• Romanian: reflector (ro) m, strălucitor (ro) m
• Russian: блестя́щий (ru) (blestjáščij)

having a high polish or sheen

• Armenian: փայլուն (hy) (pʻaylun)
• Bulgarian: лъ́скав (bg) (lǎ́skav)
• Finnish: kiiltävä (fi)
• French: lustré (fr)
• Georgian: ბრწყინვალე (brc̣q̇invale)
• German: glänzend (de)
• Irish: lonrach
• Italian: brillante (it), lustro (it), lucido (it)
• Romanian: lucios (ro) m, strălucitor (ro) m
• Russian: сверка́ющий (ru) (sverkájuščij)
• Spanish: lustroso (es), lúcido (es)

having exceptional merit

• Armenian: փայլուն (hy) (pʻaylun)
• Bulgarian: блестя́щ (bg) (blestjášt)
• Finnish: erinomainen (fi), loistava (fi)
• French: illustre (fr), fameux (fr), célèbre (fr), renommé (fr), réputé (fr), splendide (fr)
• Georgian: ბრწყინვალე (brc̣q̇invale)
• German: hervorragend (de), brillant (de)
• Italian: brillante (it)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: پەخش (pexiş)

• Malayalam: തിളങ്ങുന്ന (tiḷaṅṅunna)
• Romanian: ilustru (ro) m, reputat (ro) m
• Russian: блестя́щий (ru) (blestjáščij)
• Spanish: ilustre (es), famoso (es), célebre (es), renombrado (es), reputado (es), espléndido (es)

Verb

shining

1. present participle and gerund of shine

Noun

shining (plural shinings)

1. A bright emission of light; a gleam.

Derived terms

• take a shining to

Translations

Translations

• Spanish: resplandor (es) m

References

• “shining”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• Hsi-ning, Hsining