Made of glass or resembling glass; covered with a smooth, shiny surface like glaze.
Middle English from Old Norse gleysinn, related to Old English glæs ('glass'). The -en suffix indicates being made of or resembling the material, as in 'wooden' or 'woolen'.
This archaic word shows how English made adjectives by just adding -en to materials, but we dropped it for most things—we say 'glass' as an adjective now instead of 'glazen.'
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