shiny English · revision 15279

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈʃaɪ.ni/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|en|shine|-y]].^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Bright, luminous, glossy: the 1580s in Etymonline, 1590 in the OED;^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) Merriam-Webster dates it to 1558.^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Figuratively, beaming or radiant, it is from 1876.^(OED 1989) As a noun, a shiny object, and in slang ''the shiny'', money, it is by 1856.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) Cloth worn glossy by rubbing is called shiny in modern dictionaries.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1558 – shiny (Merriam-Webster).^(MWU 2024)

+ * 1590 – bright, glossy.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1856 – the shiny, money.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

+ * 1876 – radiant (figurative).^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Bright and [[glossy]]; reflecting light; [[polished]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Of cloth, worn smooth and glossy by rubbing.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[shininess]]

+ * [[shinily]]

+ * [[unshiny]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[shine]]

+ * [[sheen]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ In Yorkshire, Warwickshire and Kent dialect, compounds like shiny-bug (a glow-worm) and shiny-back (a garden beetle) were used.^(Wright 1898)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}