glister

English

Etymology 1

Old English glistren

Verb

glister (third-person singular simple present glisters, present participle glistering, simple past and past participle glistered)

  1. (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 […]

Translations

Noun

glister (plural glisters)

  1. A brilliant flash; a glint

Etymology 2

Compare Old French glistere.

Noun

glister (plural glisters)

  1. Alternative form of clyster

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