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glister

[ glis-ter ]

verb (used without object)

Archaic.
  1. to glisten; glitter.


noun

  1. glitter; sparkle.

glister

/ ˈɡ±ôɪ²õ³ÙÉ™ /

verb

  1. an archaic word for glitter
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ²µ±ô¾±²õ³Ù±ð°ù¾±²Ô²µ±ô²â, adverb
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²µ±ô¾±²õt±ð°ù·¾±²Ô²µÂ·±ô²â adverb
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of glister1

1350–1400; Middle English; akin to glisten
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of glister1

C14: probably from Middle Dutch glisteren
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Behind the Trumpian glister of gold lies an apocalyptic story of once luscious rain forests reduced to smoldering vistas and biodiverse rivers poisoned with mercury and cyanide.

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He looked hopefully at Bogert, who was still blandly neat and whose inner tension was perhaps betrayed only by the trace of glister at his temples.

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There is too much attention on the glister of glory, and not enough on the guts.

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And yet the reputation of the spice, dubbed "red gold", still does not glister quite as brightly as perhaps it should.

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Some of them have on outfits like mine, feathers and glister, cut high up the thighs, low over the breasts.

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