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Webster 1913 Edition
Glitter
Glit′ter
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Glittered
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Glittering
.] [OE.
gliteren
; akin to Sw. glittra
, Icel. glitra
, glita
, AS. glitenian
, OS. glītan
, OHG. glīzzan
, G. gleissen
, Goth. glitmunjan
, and also to E. glint
, glisten
, and prob. glance
, gleam
.] Glit′ter
,Noun.
A bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy;
as, the
glitter
of arms; the glitter
of royal equipage. Milton.
Webster 1828 Edition
Glitter
GLIT'TER
, v.i.1.
To shine; to sparkle with light; to gleam; to be splendid; as a glittering sword. The field yet glitters with the pomp of war.
2.
To be showing, specious or striking, and hence attractive; as the glittering scenes of a court.GLIT'TER
,Noun.
Definition 2024
glitter
glitter
English
Noun
glitter (countable and uncountable, plural glitters)
- A bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy; as, the glitter of arms; the glitter of royal equipage.
- A shiny, decorative adornment, sometimes sprinkled on glue to make simple artwork.
Translations
bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy
shiny, decoractive adornment
Verb
glitter (third-person singular simple present glitters, present participle glittering, simple past and past participle glittered)
- To sparkle with light; to shine with a brilliant and broken light or showy luster; to gleam.
- a glittering sword
- the glittering ornaments on a Christmas tree
- Dryden
- The field yet glitters with the pomp of war.
- To be showy, specious, or striking, and hence attractive.
- the glittering scenes of a court
Derived terms
Translations
to sparkle with light
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to be showy, specious, or striking, and hence attractive
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