Burnish (verb)
ber-nish
Polish (something, especially metal) by rubbing./ Hone or perfect (a skill or reputation)
Middle English from Old French burniss-, lengthened stem of burnir, variant of brunir ‘make brown’, from brun ‘brown’.
Example sentences
“The burnished plates catching the sun.”
“He knew it was the place to burnish his skills.”
Medley (noun) med-lee a mixture, especially of heterogeneous elements; hodgepodge; jumble. First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English noun and adjective medle(e), medlei(e), maedlai(e) “battle, war, quarrel; mixture, balanced mixture,” from…
