Sheen

Pronunciation

• enPR: shÄ“n, IPA: /ʃiːn/
• Rhymes: -iːn

From Middle English shene, from Old English scīene ("beautiful, fair, bright, brilliant, light"), from Proto-Germanic *skauniz ("beautiful"), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱoun- ("quick, dashing, beautiful"). Cognate with Scots schene, scheine ("beautiful, fair, attractive"), Dutch schoon ("clean, beautiful, fair"), German schön ("beautiful"), Danish skøn ("beautiful"), Swedish skön ("beautiful, fine"). Non-Germanic cognates include Albanian hir ("grace, blessing, goodwill"), Finnish kaunis ("beautiful")

Adjective

1. (rare, poetic) beautiful, good-looking, attractive; radiant; shiny.
• FairfaxUp rose each warrier bold and brave,
  Glistening in filed steel and armor sheen.

Full definition of sheen

Noun

1. splendor; radiance; shininess.

Verb

1. To shine; to glisten.
• ByronThis town,
  That, sheening far, celestial seems to be.

Noun

1. The letter Ø´ in the Arabic script.