GLISTEN

glitter, glister, glisten, scintillation, sparkle

(noun) the quality of shining with a bright reflected light

glitter, glisten, glint, gleam, shine

(verb) be shiny, as if wet; “His eyes were glistening”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

glisten (third-person singular simple present glistens, present participle glistening, simple past and past participle glistened)

(intransitive, of a wet or greasy surface) To reflect light with a glittering luster; to sparkle, coruscate, glint or flash.

Noun

glisten (plural glistens)

A glistening shine from a wet surface.

Anagrams

• Etlings, Tingles, lingets, niglets, singlet, sniglet, tingles

Source: Wiktionary

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Glis"ten, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Glistened; p. pr. & vb. n. Glistening.] Etym: [OE. glistnian, akin to glisnen, glisien, AS. glisian, glisnian, akin to E. glitter. See Glitter, v. i., and cf. Glister, v. i.]

Definition: To sparkle or shine; especially, to shine with a mild, subdued, and fitful luster; to emit a soft, scintillating light; to gleam; as, the glistening stars.

Syn.

– See Flash.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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