glitter

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  1. noun A sparkling or glistening light.
  2. noun Brilliant or showy, often superficial attractiveness.
  3. noun Small pieces of light-reflecting decorative material.
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  • Doc Savage brought an arm in front of his face, for the glitter was becoming blinding A whistling noise reached his ears. —  013 - Meteor Menace
  • Then Starfire glitter was adhered to the sticky scallops not covered by the paper (I learned this trick from stampin royalty JulieHRR).
  • Dancing, glitter, and racy conventions are not what are going to move our country in the right direction. —  CNN Political Ticker
  • Where are Obama's $7 million dollar lasers, glitter, and Greek styrofoam columns? —  Latest Articles
  • Since I can't actually bring glitter, a screenprinting setup, or resin into the classroom, —  glittergoods
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Used in the same context Used in the Same Context

gleam ·  sheen ·  brightness ·  flash ·  shimmer ·  splendor ·  glare ·  lustre ·  shine ·  sparkle ·  streak ·  brilliancy

Used in the same contextWord Family

glitter:   glittered ·  glittering
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English gliteren, to sparkle, from Old Norse glitra; see ghel-2 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English gliteren, rarely glideren (Anglo-Saxon *gliterian not found) = Middle High German G. glitzern = Icelandic glitra = Swedish glittra = Danish glitre, glitter; a freq. form, equivalent to Anglo-Saxon glitinian, glitenian = Old High German glizinōn, Middle High German glitzinen, glitter, to Gothic (Moesogothic) glitmunjan, shine, and to Middle High German glitzen = Icelandic glita = Old Danish glitte, glitter (Icelandic glit, n., glitter); all secondary forms from an orig. strong verb, Old Saxon glītan = Old High German glīzan, Middle High German glīzen, German gleissen, shine, glitter, from a root *glit, allied to glim, glimmer, etc.: see glim, glimmer, and cf. gliss, glisten, glister.
  2. from glitter, v.
 

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