sheen

Meanings

Plural: sheens

Noun

the visual property of something that shines with reflected light
Splendor; radiance; shininess.
A thin layer of a substance (such as oil) spread on a solid or liquid surface.
The letter ش in the Arabic script.

Adj

Beautiful, good-looking, attractive; radiant; shiny.

Verb

To shine; to glisten.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English shene, schene, from Old English sċīene (“beautiful, fair, bright, brilliant, light”), from Proto-West Germanic *skaunī, from Proto-Germanic *skauniz (“beautiful”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewh₁-.
Cognate with Scots schene, scheine (“beautiful, fair, attractive”), Saterland Frisian skeen (“clean, pure”), West Frisian skjin (“nice, clean”), Dutch schoon (“clean, beautiful, fair”), German schön (“beautiful”), Danish skøn (“beautiful”), Norwegian Bokmål skjønn (“beautiful”), Norwegian Nynorsk skjønn (“beautiful”), Swedish skön (“beautiful, fine”). Compare also the loanword Finnish kaunis (“beautiful”). See also English show.

Synonyms

luster, lustre, shininess

Scrabble Score: 8

sheen is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
sheen is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
sheen is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 8

sheen is a valid Words With Friends word