• Burnished

    Full definition of burnished

    Adjective

    burnished

    1. Polished, made shiny by rubbing (especially with a burnisher).
      • 1907, w, The Younger Set Chapter 1/2, The house was a big elaborate limestone affair, evidently new. Winter sunshine sparkled on lace-hung casement, on glass marquise, and the burnished bronze foliations of grille and door.

    Verb

    burnished
    1. burnished

      (past of burnish)
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