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)

1. 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: […]

2. 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".

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)

1. (transitive) To coat or cover (e.g. pottery, etc.) with glaze; make glassy.

Synonyms

• glaze (verb)

Anagrams

• nagless

Middle English

Adjective

glassen

1. Alternative form of glasen

Swedish

Noun

glassen

1. definite singular of glass

Anagrams

• glasens, slagens