Meaning

noun any of various thin shiny (savory or sweet) coatings applied to foods

noun a glossy finish on a fabric

noun a coating for ceramics, metal, etc.

originFrom Middle English glasen, from glas (“glass”) (Modern English glass), from Old English glæs, from Proto-Germanic *glasą. Related to glazen. In the sense of "overcompliment", originated in November 2021 and popularized throughout 2022, and allegedly suggests the spattering of semen on the complimented person, following "the visual of a donut being glazed"; could be derived by analogy of…

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