sheen/ʃiːn/EtymologyFrom Old English Sceon (“shelter, shed”), from Proto-Germanic *skūrō.sheen means an area of Greater London, officially East Sheen. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 74 out of 100.nameAn area of Greater London, officially East Sheen.A village and civil parish in Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England, on the border with Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK1161).A surname.adjBeautiful, good-looking, attractive, fair; bright, radiant; shiny.“Up rose each warrier bold and brave, / Glistening in filed steel and armor sheen.”Clear, pure, clean; noble, illustrious; (by extension) innocent, chaste.“[…] And all her crystal springs, whence clear and sheen Her brooks receive the wat'ry element, […]”nounSplendor; radiance; shininess.“There is a greenish sheen across the shoulders of his greasy black suit, for the morning light has of a sudden begun to dance through the bay window.”A thin layer of a substance (such as oil) spread on a solid or liquid surface.“oil sheen”The letter ش in the Arabic script.verbTo shine; to glisten.“This town, / That, sheening far, celestial seems to be.”