Hypertext Webster Gateway: "glitter"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Glitter \Glit"ter\, n.
A bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster;
brilliancy; as, the glitter of arms; the glitter of royal
equipage. --Milton.
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) 1.7 (wn)
glitter
n 1: the quality of glittering or sparkling brightly [syn: {glister},
{glisten}, {scintillation}, {sparkle}]
2: the occurrence of a small flash or spark [syn: {sparkle}, {coruscation}]
v : be shiny, as if wet; "His eyes were glistening" [syn: {glisten},
{glint}, {gleam}, {shine}]
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