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glisten en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Middle English glisnen, glistnen, from Old English glisnian, itself from Proto-West Germanic *glisnōn, while ultimately deriving from Proto-Germanic *glisnōną.
Meanings
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A glistening shine from a wet surface.
In his clear northern flesh and his fair hair was a glisten like sunshine refracted through crystals of ice.
1920, D.H. Lawrence, chapter 1, in Women in Love:
Forms
Translations (4)
fi kimallus (glistening shine) · fi kimmellys (glistening shine) · ga glioscarnach (glistening shine) · bg блясък (glistening shine)
glisten en · VERB
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Middle English glisnen, glistnen, from Old English glisnian, itself from Proto-West Germanic *glisnōn, while ultimately deriving from Proto-Germanic *glisnōną.
Meanings
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(intransitive, of a wet or greasy surface) To reflect light with a glittering luster; to sparkle, coruscate, glint or flash.
The sun was fierce, the land seemed to glisten and drip with steam.
1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 202:
Forms
Deriveds
glisteny · glistener · aglisten · beglisten
Hypernyms
illuminate · reflect
Hyponyms
glint
Synonyms
shine · coruscate · sheen · glitter · luster · shimmer · sparkle · glisten · flash · gleam
Translations (46)
fr reluire (to reflect light with a glittering luster) · ru блесну́ть (to reflect light with a glittering luster) · pt reluzir (to reflect light with a glittering luster) · gsw glänze (to reflect light with a glittering luster) · hi चमकना (to reflect light with a glittering luster) · de glänzen (to reflect light with a glittering luster) · it luccicare (to reflect light with a glittering luster) · el λάμπω (to reflect light with a glittering luster) · eo malseke rebrili (to reflect light with a glittering luster) · gl relucir (to reflect light with a glittering luster) · fa برق زدن (to reflect light with a glittering luster) · bg блестя (to reflect light with a glittering luster) · fi kimallella (to reflect light with a glittering luster) · ru сверка́ть (to reflect light with a glittering luster) · de glitzern (to reflect light with a glittering luster) · pl błyszczeć (to reflect light with a glittering luster) · grc μαρμαίρω (to reflect light with a glittering luster) · fi kimmeltää (to reflect light with a glittering luster) · la niteō (to reflect light with a glittering luster) · haw ʻōlinolino (to reflect light with a glittering luster) · ja 輝く (to reflect light with a glittering luster) · cmn 閃光 /闪光 (to reflect light with a glittering luster) · eo fulmeti (to reflect light with a glittering luster) · mi whakaira (to reflect light with a glittering luster) · mi wheriko (to reflect light with a glittering luster) · mi kanapa (to reflect light with a glittering luster) · da glinse (to reflect light with a glittering luster) · mi korakora (to reflect light with a glittering luster) · ar لَمَعَ (to reflect light with a glittering luster) · mi kōratarata (to reflect light with a glittering luster) · fi kimaltaa (to reflect light with a glittering luster) · et helkima (to reflect light with a glittering luster) · grc στίλβω (to reflect light with a glittering luster) · cmn 閃耀 /闪耀 (to reflect light with a glittering luster) · got 𐌲𐌻𐌹𐍄𐌼𐌿𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽 (to reflect light with a glittering luster) · es rielar (to reflect light with a glittering luster) · ja 光る (to reflect light with a glittering luster) · sl lesketati (to reflect light with a glittering luster) · hu csillog (to reflect light with a glittering luster) · de gleißen (to reflect light with a glittering luster) · ru блесте́ть (to reflect light with a glittering luster) · cmn 輝耀 /辉耀 (to reflect light with a glittering luster) · ru сверкну́ть (to reflect light with a glittering luster) · la fulgeō (to reflect light with a glittering luster) · bg лъщя (to reflect light with a glittering luster) · es relucir (to reflect light with a glittering luster)