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glossiness
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun glossiness has 1 sense
- glossiness(n = noun.attribute) burnish, gloss, polish - the property of being smooth and shiny; Array is a kind of smoothness, effulgence, radiance, radiancy, refulgence, refulgency, shine
has particulars: french polish, glaze
Derived forms adjective glossy2, adjective glossy1
CIDE DICTIONARY
glossiness, n. [From Glossy.].
The condition or quality of being glossy; the luster or brightness of a smooth surface. Boyle. [1913 Webster]
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