˜yĐÄvlog

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aglitter

[ uh-glit-er ]

adjective

  1. glittering; sparkling.


aglitter

/ əˈɡ±ôÉȘłÙə /

adjective

  1. postpositive sparkling; glittering
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yĐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of aglitter1

First recorded in 1860–65; a- 1 + glitter
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Example Sentences

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The hit Disney musical “Aladdin” has returned to Seattle all aglitter and aglow with baubles, bangles and beads.

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Its Astor Place headquarters, renovated under Mr. Eustis’s watch, is alive and aglitter, night after night.

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Mr. Gallagher, eyes feverishly aglitter and teeth flashing in an illuminated shark’s smile, sings with robust self-importance in a trans-Atlantic accent that feels all the more authentic for being so palpably phony.

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From Cyclopean towers across Manhattan waters —Two—three bright window-eyes aglitter, disk The sun, released—aloft with cold gulls hither.

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Satellite photos of western North Dakota at night, aglitter like a metropolis with lighted rigs and burning flares, crystallized its rapid transformation from tight-knit agricultural society to semi-industrialized oil powerhouse.

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