glister
English
Etymology 1
Old English glistren
Verb
glister (third-person singular simple present glisters, present participle glistering, simple past and past participle glistered)
- (intransitive, archaic) To gleam, glisten or coruscate.
- 1605, Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice (II, vii)
- All that glisters is not gold.
- 1945, J. R. R. Tolkien, The Lay of Autrou and Itroun
- […] strangely she glistered in the sun / as she leaped forth in the sun […]
- 1605, Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice (II, vii)
Translations
to gleam, glisten or coruscate
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Noun
glister (plural glisters)
Etymology 2
Compare Old French glistere.
Noun
glister (plural glisters)
- Alternative form of clyster