glister

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  1. intransitive verb To glisten.
  2. noun Glitter; brilliance.

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  1. Middle English glisteren, probably from Middle Dutch glinsteren or Middle Low German glisteren; see ghel-2 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English glisteren, glistren = Middle Dutch glisteren, Dutch glinsteren = Middle Low German glinstern, glistern, Low German glinsteren, glister; a freq. form, with suffixed -t, from the base glis- in gliss, glist, glisten, etc.: see gliss, glisten.
  2. from glister, v.
 

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/ˈglɪstər/
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