Glister
//ˈɡlɪstɚ// noun, verb
noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A brilliant flash; a glint.
- 2 Alternative form of clyster. alt-of, alternative
- 3 the quality of shining with a bright reflected light wordnet
Verb
- 1 To gleam, glisten, or coruscate. archaic, intransitive
"All that gliſters is not gold."
Example
More examples"But, as the Phœnix on my Front doth gliſter, / Thou ſhalt the Finials of my Frame illuſtre."
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Middle English glisteren, either borrowed from or related to Middle Low German and/or Middle Dutch glisteren; like a host of other Germanic words in gl- related to shining, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰley-.
Etymology 2
Compare Old French glistere.
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