glaze
/ɡleɪz/
glaze
English
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Definition
The vitreous coating of pottery or porcelain; anything used as a coating or color in glazing.
Etymology
From Middle English glasen, from glas (“glass”) (Modern English glass), from Old English glæs, from Proto-Germanic *glasą. Related to glazen. In the sense of "overcompliment", originated in November 2021 and popularized throughout 2022, and allegedly "follows the visual of a donut being glazed". The noun is from the verb.
Example Sentences
- "[…] In the distance the flowing glaze, the breast of the river, with a wind-dapple here and there, […]"
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