glisky

形容词 adj.

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. shining, shimmering; bright or flashing (of the sky after rain, particularly in summer)
  2. bright, sunny (of weather, sunny intervals between dull periods)

词形变化

gliskier comparative more glisky comparative gliskiest superlative most glisky superlative

词源

Related to Scots glisk (“to glance, glimpse; to give a transient gleam”), and Shetlandic dialect of English glisk (“gleam of sunlight through cloud; a glow of heat from a fire”). Also Northern English glissy (“shiny, glistening”).
Further etymology unclear: either from Old English glisian (“to glitter”) with diminutive suffix -ky, and cognate with English glitter and glisten, or hypothetical loan word from Old Norse *gliskr (“shimmering”), cf: Norwegian Nynorsk glisa (“to gleam, flash, glisten”), but note neither Cleasby & Vigfusson nor Zoëga list any such word. Shetlandic glisk possibly inherited from Norn (hence Old Norse), or from Scots (hence Old English).
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