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Glisten

//ˈɡlɪsən// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A glistening shine from a wet surface.

    "In his clear northern flesh and his fair hair was a glisten like sunshine refracted through crystals of ice."

  2. 2
    the quality of shining with a bright reflected light wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To reflect light with a glittering luster; to sparkle, coruscate, glint or flash. intransitive

    "The sun was fierce, the land seemed to glisten and drip with steam."

  2. 2
    be shiny, as if wet wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English glisnen, glistnen, from Old English glisnian, itself from Proto-West Germanic *glisnōn, while ultimately deriving from Proto-Germanic *glisnōną.

Etymology 2

From Middle English glisnen, glistnen, from Old English glisnian, itself from Proto-West Germanic *glisnōn, while ultimately deriving from Proto-Germanic *glisnōną.

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