glisten

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English

Etymology

From Middle English glisnen, glistnen, from Old English glisnian, itself from Proto-West Germanic *glisnōn, while ultimately deriving from Proto-Germanic *glisnōną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡlɪsən/
  • Rhymes: -ɪsən
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Verb

glisten (third-person singular simple present glistens, present participle glistening, simple past and past participle glistened)

  1. (intransitive, of a wet or greasy surface) To reflect light with a glittering luster; to sparkle, coruscate, glint or flash.

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Noun

glisten (plural glistens)

  1. A glistening shine from a wet surface.
    • 1920, D.H. Lawrence, chapter 1, in Women in Love:
      In his clear northern flesh and his fair hair was a glisten like sunshine refracted through crystals of ice.

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