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Added 10 October 2026

glaze

/ɡleɪz/ noun

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about glaze at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

The vitreous coating of pottery or porcelain; anything used as a coating or color in glazing.
A transparent or semi-transparent layer of paint.
A smooth coating of ice formed on objects due to the freezing of rain; glaze ice.

verb

To install windows.
To apply a thin, transparent layer of coating.
to glaze a doughnut
To become glazed or glassy.

Origin

From 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 may suggest either the spattering of semen on the complimented person, following "the visual of a donut being glazed", or sugarcoating without sexual connotation. The noun is from the verb.

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