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glittering

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glit·ter  (gltr)
n.
1. A sparkling or glistening light.
2. Brilliant or showy, often superficial attractiveness.
3. Small pieces of light-reflecting decorative material.
intr.v. glit·tered, glit·ter·ing, glit·ters
1.
a. To sparkle brilliantly; glisten. See Synonyms at flash.
b. To sparkle coldly or malevolently: eyes that glittered at the prospect of revenge.
2. To be brilliantly, often deceptively, attractive.

[Middle English gliteren, to sparkle, from Old Norse glitra; see ghel-2 in Indo-European roots.]

glitter·ing·ly adv.
glitter·y adj.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.glittering - having brief brilliant points or flashes of lightglittering - 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"
bright - emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts; "the sun was bright and hot"; "a bright sunlit room"

glittering
adjective dazzling, brilliant, distinguished, glorious, splendid, glamorous, illustrious a glittering academic career
Translations
glittering [ˈglɪtərɪŋ] glittery [ˈglɪtərɪ] ADJreluciente, brillante(also fig)
glittering prizepremio m rutilante
glittering [ˈglɪtərɪŋ] adj
[career] → brillant(e); [occasion] → somptueux/euse
[eyes] → brillant(e)
(= sparkling) → étincelant(e)
glittering
adjglitzernd; eyes, diamondsfunkelnd; occasionglanzvoll; careerglänzend; prizesverlockend; a glittering array of celebritiesein glanzvolles Aufgebot an Stars
glittering [ˈglɪtrɪŋ] adj (jewels) → scintillante; (eyes) → lucido/a; (career) → brillante; (prize) → prestigioso/a


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One day a countryman going to the nest of his Goose found there an egg all yellow and glittering.
Lured by the flowers and the shade and charmed by the songs of birds which invited to woodland paths and green fields, his imagination fired by glimpses of golden domes and glittering palaces in the distance on either hand, the Young Politician said:
From high mountains cast down thy glittering scorn-laughter
 
 
 
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