GLISTER

glitter, glister, glisten, scintillation, sparkle

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

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Verb

glister (third-person singular simple present glisters, present participle glistering, simple past and past participle glistered)

(intransitive, archaic) To gleam, glisten or coruscate.

Noun

glister (plural glisters)

A brilliant flash; a glint

Etymology 2

Noun

glister (plural glisters)

Alternative form of clyster

Anagrams

• Stigler, gristle, riglets

Source: Wiktionary


Glis"ter, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Glistered; p. pr. & vb. n. Glistering.] Etym: [OE. glistren; akin to G. glistern,glinstern, D. glinsteren, and E. glisten. See Glisten.]

Definition: To be bright; to sparkle; to be brilliant; to shine; to glisten; to glitter. All that glisters is not gold. Shak.

Glis"ter, n.

Definition: Glitter; luster.

Glis"ter, n. Etym: [Cf. OF. glistere.]

Definition: Same as Clyster.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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