different between shiny vs metallic

English

Etymology

shine +? -y

Pronunciation

• enPR: sh?'n?, IPA^(key): /??a?ni/
• Rhymes: -a?ni

Adjective

shiny (comparative shinier or more shiny, superlative shiniest or most shiny)

1. Reflecting light.
   • Futurama:

     Bender: Bite my shiny metal ass!

2. Emitting light.
3. (colloquial) Excellent; remarkable.
4. (obsolete) Bright; luminous; clear; unclouded.
   • The Lincolnshire Poacher (traditional song)

     When I was bound apprentice in famous Lincolnshire
     Full well I served my master for nigh on seven years
     Till I took up to poaching as you shall quickly hear
     Oh, 'tis my delight on a shiny night in the season of the year.

Derived terms

• shininess

Translations

Noun

shiny (plural shinies)

1. (informal) Anything shiny; a trinket.
2. (slang) Contraction of disparaging term "shiny arses", originating during World War Two, to describe a desk worker.[1]

English

Alternative forms

• metallick (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin metallicus, from metallum (“metal”), from Ancient Greek ???????? (métallon). Equivalent to metal +? -ic.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /m??tæl.?k/, /m??tæl.?k/
• Rhymes: -æl?k
• Hyphenation: me?tal?lic

Adjective

metallic (comparative more metallic, superlative most metallic)

1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of metal.
2. Made of or containing metal.
3. (of a sound) Harsh, as if coming from two metals striking one another.
4. (of a color) Having the appearance of being of polished metal.

Synonyms

• metalish (obsolete)
• metallical (obsolete)
• metallous

Derived terms

Related terms

• metal

Translations

Noun

metallic (plural metallics)

1. A metallic color.

Anagrams

• call time

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin metallicus. Attested from the 16th century.

Pronunciation

Adjective

metallic m (feminine singular metallica, masculine plural metallics, feminine plural metallicas)

1. metallic

Related terms

• metal

References