OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 14969

sheen

/ʃiːn/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
brillo
Splendor; radiance; shininess.
Mr. Leerhsen said in an interview that he wanted to write a book without the dutiful sheen of what he called “an official Bourdain product.”
There is a greenish sheen across the shoulders of his greasy black suit, for the morning light has of a sudden begun to dance through the bay window.
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