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glistering

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glis·ter  (glstr)
intr.v. glis·tered, glis·ter·ing, glis·ters
To glisten.
n.
Glitter; brilliance.
[Middle English glisteren, probably from Middle Dutch glinsteren or Middle Low German glisteren; see ghel-2 in Indo-European roots.]
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Adj.1.glistering - having brief brilliant points or flashes of light; "bugle beads all aglitter"; "glinting eyes"; "glinting water"; "his glittering eyes were cold and malevolent"; "shop window full of glittering Christmas trees"; "glittery costume jewelry"; "scintillant mica"; "the scintillating stars"; "a dress with sparkly sequins"; "`glistering' is an archaic term"
aglitter, coruscant, fulgid, glinting, glittering, glittery, scintillant, sparkly, scintillating
bright - emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts; "the sun was bright and hot"; "a bright sunlit room"


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He is not fool enough even to hope for one of those glistering masterpieces of frosted sugar and silk flowers, which rise to pinnacles of snowy sweetness, white mountains of blessedness, rich inside, they say, with untold treasures for the tooth that is sweet.
The Quest of the Golden Girl by le Gallienne, Richard View in context
Her hair did shine like glistering gold, and her eyes were like blue violets that peep out shyly at the sun.
Robin Hood by McSpadden, J. Walker View in context
For they marvel that any man be so foolish as to have delight and pleasure in the glistering of a little trifling stone, which may behold any of the stars, or else the sun itself; or that any man is so mad as to count himself the nobler for the smaller or finer thread of wool, which self-same wool (be it now in never so fine a spun thread) did once a sheep wear, and yet was she all that time no other thing than a sheep.
English Literature For Boys And Girls by Marshall, H.E. View in context
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