glisteringn.
/ˈɡlɪstərɪŋ/ The action of glister v.; brilliance, glitter.
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the world > matter > light > light emitted in particular manner > [noun] > spark or glittering light > sparkling or glittering
glistening1398
sprankling1398
twinkling1398
sprinklinga1400
sparklingc1440
glisteringc1450
glister1535
glittering1567
spangling1576
scintillation1585
sparkle1589
glitter1602
sparking1611
coruscancy1630
emication1646
eruscationa1652
sparklingnessa1691
glitterance1801
glisten1840
spangle1853
sparkliness-
c1450 (c1400) Emaré (1908) 100 For glysteryng of the ryche ston Redy syght had he non.
1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 511 The glistering of their..harnesse, so richly trimmed and set foorth with gold and siluer.
1603 T. Dekker 1603: Wonderfull Yeare sig. A3 That worship Glow-wormes (in stead of the Sun) because of a little false glistering.
1706 G. Stanhope Paraphr. Epist. & Gospels III. 375 There is indeed a Glistering but no Intrinsick Value in them.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
glisteringadj.
That glisters.
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the world > matter > light > light emitted in particular manner > [adjective] > glittering or sparkling
sparkling?c1225
glising1340
glimmeringa1375
glistening1388
glistering1398
glitteringa1400
coruscantc1485
twinkling1508
flankering1577
fire-darting1594
glitterous1596
scintillant1611
winkinga1616
micant1657
scintillating1664
spangling1665
besparklinga1674
skinkling1790
spunky1791
micacious1797
glistery1806
spark-like1814
spangly1818
emicatious1819
sparky1827
aglitter1828
ablaze1851
aglist1858
scintillescent1860
aglisten1867
glittery1880
twinkly1884
sparkly1922
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) viii. xxix. 342 Shynynge comyth to the vtter partyes of a glysterynge body.
c1450 (c1400) Emaré (1908) 350 A boot he fond by the brym, And a glysteryng, thyng theryn.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Job xx. 25 A glisteringe [so also 1611] swearde.
1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 31 b/2 Venomous [horse-leeches] have ther bodye shininge like vnto glistering wormes.
1611 Bible (King James) Luke ix. 29 His raiment was white and glistering . View more context for this quotation
1715 R. South 12 Serm. IV. 88 This glistring Person so much admired by them, is now a preparing for his Ruin, and fatting for the Slaughters of Eternity.
1718 Lady M. W. Montagu Verses written in Chiosk at Pera 19 The barren Meads no longer yield Delight, By glistring Snows made painful to the Sight.
1849 M. Arnold Strayed Reveller, & Other Poems 74 If the glistering wings of morning On the dry noon shook their dew.
1870 S. P. Hawthorne in Passages from Eng. Note-bks. of Nathaniel Hawthorne II. 124 A wide waste of glistering sands.
Derivatives
ˈglisteringly adv. in a glistering manner; also figurative.
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the world > matter > light > light emitted in particular manner > [adverb] > in a sparkling manner
scintillously1509
twinklingly1561
glisteringly1587
glisteningly1611
glitteringly1611
sparklingly1669
scintillant1737
a-sparkle1840
spark-like1845
scintillatingly1875
aglisten1883
scintillantly1887
aglitter1913
1587 G. Turberville Tragicall Tales f. 161 All is not gold that glistringly appeeres.
1649 Bp. J. Hall Humble Motion to Parl. 22 This light that breaks so brightly and glistringly in.
1814 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Vision III. xvii. 118 The brightness..first shone glisteringly.
1843 E. Jones Stud. Sensation & Event 4 He stops, and glisteringly rides His laughter forth again.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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