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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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