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English
Etymology 1
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-Indo-European *ǵʰley-.
Verb
glister (third-person singular simple present glisters, present participle glistering, simple past and past participle glistered)
- (intransitive, archaic) To gleam, glisten, or coruscate.
c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :All that gliſters is not gold.
1608, [Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas], “.] The Fift Daie of the First VVeek.”, in Josuah Sylvester, transl., Du Bartas His Deuine Weekes and Workes , 3rd edition, London: Humfrey Lownes ], published 1611, →OCLC, page 140:But, as the Phœnix on my Front doth gliſter, / Thou ſhalt the Finials of my Frame illuſtre.
1945, J. R. R. Tolkien, The Lay of Autrou and Itroun:[…] strangely she glistered in the sun / as she leaped forth in the sun […]
Translations
to gleam, glisten, or coruscate
Noun
glister (plural glisters)
- A brilliant flash; a glint
Etymology 2
Compare Old French glistere.
Noun
glister (plural glisters)
- Alternative form of clyster
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