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glittering en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈɡlɪtəɹɪŋ/

Meanings

  1. Brightly sparkling.
    • It was flood-tide along Fifth Avenue; motor, brougham, and victoria swept by on the glittering current; pretty women glanced out from limousine and tonneau; young men of his own type, silk-hatted, frock-coated, the crooks of their walking sticks tucked up under their left arms, passed on the Park side. 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, “His Own People”, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC, page 6:
    • [T]he fair star / That gems the glittering coronet of morn, / Sheds not a light so mild, so powerful, / As that which, bursting from the Fairy's form, / Spread a purpureal halo round the scene, / Yet with an undulating motion, / Swayed to her outline gracefully. 1813, Percy Bysshe Shelley, “Canto I”, in Queen Mab; […], London: […] P. B. Shelley, […], →OCLC, page 6:
  2. (figuratively) Valuable, desirable.
    • Gaur was an example of a man without a BA who seemed infinitely better educated than the fellows who left Fort Hare with glittering degrees. 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela, London: Abacus, published 2010, page 85:
    • There are some glittering stats out there regarding Brassey: namely that he'd built around one-third of Britain's railways by the time he was in his early 40s, and that by the time of his death (aged 65) he was responsible for around one-twentieth of the world's railways. 2021 December 29, Stephen Roberts, “Stories and facts behind railway plaques: Chester (1848)”, in Rail, number 947, page 57:

Forms

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most glittering Degree=Sup lexicographic
more glittering Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

unglittering · glittering generality · glitteringly

Synonyms

aglitter

Translations (19)

de funkelnd (brightly sparkling) · fa لپان (brightly sparkling) · fr étincelant (brightly sparkling) · ru блиста́ющий (brightly sparkling) · eo briletanta (brightly sparkling) · ka ბრწყინვალე (brightly sparkling) · grc στιλπνός (brightly sparkling) · fi kimaltava (brightly sparkling) · la coruscus (brightly sparkling) · pt cintilante (brightly sparkling) · bg лъскав (brightly sparkling) · es chispeante (brightly sparkling) · fi kimalteleva (brightly sparkling) · cmn 闪耀的 (brightly sparkling) · bg блестящ (brightly sparkling) · hu csillogó (brightly sparkling) · ru сверка́ющий (brightly sparkling) · hi चमकीला (brightly sparkling) · de glitzernd (brightly sparkling)

glittering en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈɡlɪtəɹɪŋ/

Meanings

  1. The appearance of something that glitters.
    • Every man carries about him a touchstone, if he will make use of it, to distinguish substantial gold from superficial glitterings, truth from appearances. a. 1705, John Locke, “Of the Conduct of the Understanding”, in Posthumous Works of Mr. John Locke: […], London: […] A[wnsham] and J[ohn] Churchill, […], published 1706, →OCLC:

Forms

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glitterings Number=Plur lexicographic

glittering en · VERB

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈɡlɪtəɹɪŋ/

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of glitter
    form of glitter