glistening

English

Verb

glistening

1. present participle and gerund of glisten

Derived terms

• glisteningly
• nanoglistening
• unglistening

Noun

glistening (plural glistenings)

1. The appearance of something that glistens.
   • 2008, Dan Simmons, Song of Kali:

     My eyes had adjusted to the faint starlight and I could make out pale glistenings and white glow of bones which had worked their way free of clinging flesh.

2. (optics) A fluid-filled microvacuole within a lens.