aglitter

English

Etymology

a- +‎ glitter

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈɡlɪtə(ɹ)/
• Rhymes: -ɪtə(ɹ)

Adjective

aglitter (not comparable)

1. Glittering.
   • 1832, John Wilson, “Christopher at the Lakes” in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 32, No. 196, July 1832, p. 121,^[1]

     The grass must have been growing during the night, for it is tickling our bare ankles; and sure of all coolness, none so refreshing to the frame as that which follows one’s foot-prints on meadow aglitter with morning dews.

   • 1912, Mary Austin, A Woman of Genius, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page, Chapter 4, p. 38,^[2]

     a light buggy, all aglitter from point to point of its natty furnishings, drew up at our gate

   • 1968, Samuel R. Delany, Nova, New York: Vintage, 2002, Chapter 1, p. 14,^[3]

     […] by now his black eyes were aglitter with stars.

   • 2008, Toni Morrison, A Mercy, New York: Knopf, p. 89,^[4]

     The blacksmith was long gone, his ironwork aglitter like a gate to heaven.