Etymology From Middle English glasy, equivalent to glass + -y. Compare Saterland Frisian glääsich (“glassy”), Dutch glazig (“glassy”), German Low German glasig (“glassy”), German glasig (“glassy”).
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Of or like glass, especially in being smooth and somewhat reflective.
It was blowing about 15 knots, which is considered fairly glassy for the west Coast.1966, Bruce Brown, director, The Endless Summer:
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Including a lot of glass.
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Extensively glazed.
architecture enamored of glass and steel, where glassier meant classier
Every time there's a major technological outage, […] speculation quickly erupts blaming a possible cyberattack. […] mostly, the sentiment of cyber observers is that it's a bad idea to jump to conclusions, especially publicly. ¶ "If we keep crying wolf, then we lose the ability to educate and solve real problems," Bryson Bort, founder of the cybersecurity company Scythe, told me. "We live in the glassiest house in the world with our reliance on information systems."2023 January 12, Tim Starks, with Aaron Schaffer, “Don't panic. It might not be a cyberattack. The Cybersecurity 202 newsletter.”, in Washington Post, retrieved 12 Jan 2023:
Etymology From Middle English glasy, equivalent to glass + -y. Compare Saterland Frisian glääsich (“glassy”), Dutch glazig (“glassy”), German Low German glasig (“glassy”), German glasig (“glassy”).
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A glass marble.
Then suddenly she ceased to hear, having caught sight of a glassie rolled into a corner.1915, D. H. Lawrence, The Rainbow, Vintage, published 2011, page 198: