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Glister

//ˈɡlɪstɚ//

Definitions

verbglisters · glistering · glistered

1
To gleam, glisten, or coruscate.
All that gliſters is not gold.

nounglisters

1
A brilliant flash; a glint.
2
Alternative form of clyster.

Word Origin

From Middle English glisteren, either borrowed from or related to Middle Low German and/or Middle Dutch glisteren; like a host of other Germanic words in gl- related to shining, ultimately from Proto-...

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