Why this word is great
PATINATION — [Noun] The process or result of forming a patina, a surface film or coloration produced by age, weathering, or chemical treatment. Formed within English by derivation from patina (from Italian, from Latin patina, "shallow dish, pan") + the suffix -ation (denoting an action or process). Unlike "cortification" (which precisely catalogs the skin of a flint tool) or "tarnishing" (which implies a sullying corrosion), patination is the gradual, accretive art of time made visible. It is the sea-green bloom on a copper roof, the deep chestnut warmth of an oak handrail polished by generations, and the milky, opaque skin that time breathes onto old glass—a quiet testament that to wear is not to diminish, but to become more complete.