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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. having brief brilliant points or flashes of light;
- Example: "bugle beads all aglitter"
- Example: "glinting eyes"
- Example: "glinting water"
- Example: "his glittering eyes were cold and malevolent"
- Example: "shop window full of glittering Christmas trees"
- Example: "glittery costume jewelry"
- Example: "scintillant mica"
- Example: "the scintillating stars"
- Example: "a dress with sparkly sequins"
- Example: "`glistering' is an archaic term"
[syn: aglitter(p), coruscant, fulgid, glinting, glistering, glittering, glittery, scintillant, scintillating, sparkly]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Glister \Glis"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Glistered; p. pr. &
   vb. n. Glistering.] [OE. glistren; akin to G.
   glistern,glinstern, D. glinsteren, and E. glisten. See
   Glisten.]
   To be bright; to sparkle; to be brilliant; to shine; to
   glisten; to glitter.
   [1913 Webster]

         All that glisters is not gold.           --Shak.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

glistering
    adj 1: having brief brilliant points or flashes of light; "bugle
           beads all aglitter"; "glinting eyes"; "glinting water";
           "his glittering eyes were cold and malevolent"; "shop
           window full of glittering Christmas trees"; "glittery
           costume jewelry"; "scintillant mica"; "the scintillating
           stars"; "a dress with sparkly sequins"; "`glistering' is
           an archaic term" [syn: aglitter(p), coruscant,
           fulgid, glinting, glistering, glittering,
           glittery, scintillant, scintillating, sparkly]