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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
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
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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