glisten

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
8
Words With Friends
11
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈɡlɪsən/

Definition of glisten

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (intransitive)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.”
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verb

  1. (intransitive)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.”

noun

  1. 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.”

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Etymology

From Middle English glisnen, glistnen, from Old English glisnian, itself from Proto-West Germanic *glisnōn, while ultimately deriving from Proto-Germanic *glisnōną.

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