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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Glitter \Glit"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Glittered}; p. pr & vb n. {Glittering}.] [OE. gliteren akin to Sw glittra Icel. glitra glita, AS glitenian OS gl[=i]tan, OHG. gl[=i]zzan, G. gleissen Goth. glitmunjan and also to E. glint, glisten, and prob. glance, gleam.] 1. To sparkle with light; to shine with a brilliant and broken light or showy luster; to gleam; as a glittering sword. The field yet glitters with the pomp of war. --Dryden. 2. To be showy, specious, or striking, and hence attractive; as the glittering scenes of a court. Syn: To gleam; to glisten; to shine; to sparkle; to glare. See {Gleam}, {Flash}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: glittering adj : 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)}, {fulgid}, {glinting}, {glistering}, {glittery}, {scintillant}, {scintillating}, {sparkling(a)}, {sparkly}]
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