glister
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Definition of glister
3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
verb
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(archaic, intransitive)To gleam, glisten, or coruscate.
“All that gliſters is not gold.”
“But, as the Phœnix on my Front doth gliſter, / Thou ſhalt the Finials of my Frame illuſtre.”
“[…] strangely she glistered in the sun / as she leaped forth in the sun […]”
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verb
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(archaic, intransitive)To gleam, glisten, or coruscate.
“All that gliſters is not gold.”
“But, as the Phœnix on my Front doth gliſter, / Thou ſhalt the Finials of my Frame illuſtre.”
“[…] strangely she glistered in the sun / as she leaped forth in the sun […]”
noun
- A brilliant flash; a glint.
- (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of clyster.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English glisteren, either borrowed from or related to Middle Low German and/or Middle Dutch glisteren; like a host of other Germanic words in gl- related to shining, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰley-.
Words you can make from glister
142 playable · top: GRISTLE (8 pts)
Best play gristle 8 points6-letter words
11 words5-letter words
30 words- GELTS 6 pts
- GILTS 6 pts
- GIRLS 6 pts
- GIRTS 6 pts
- GITES 6 pts
- GRIST 6 pts
- GRITS 6 pts
- LEGIT 6 pts
- LIGER 6 pts
- TIGER 6 pts
- TRIGS 6 pts
- ISLET 5 pts
- ISTLE 5 pts
- LIERS 5 pts
- LITER 5 pts
- LITES 5 pts
- LITRE 5 pts
- RELIT 5 pts
- RESIT 5 pts
- RIELS 5 pts
- RILES 5 pts
- RITES 5 pts
- SLIER 5 pts
- STILE 5 pts
- TIERS 5 pts
- TILER 5 pts
- TILES 5 pts
- TIRES 5 pts
- TIRLS 5 pts
- TRIES 5 pts
4-letter words
51 words- EGIS 5 pts
- ERGS 5 pts
- GELS 5 pts
- GELT 5 pts
- GEST 5 pts
- GETS 5 pts
- GIES 5 pts
- GILT 5 pts
- GIRL 5 pts
- GIRT 5 pts
- GIST 5 pts
- GITE 5 pts
- GITS 5 pts
- GRIT 5 pts
- LEGS 5 pts
- REGS 5 pts
- RIGS 5 pts
- TEGS 5 pts
- TRIG 5 pts
- ERST 4 pts
- IRES 4 pts
- ISLE 4 pts
- LEIS 4 pts
- LEST 4 pts
- LETS 4 pts
- LIER 4 pts
- LIES 4 pts
- LIRE 4 pts
- LIST 4 pts
- LITE 4 pts
- LITS 4 pts
- REIS 4 pts
- REST 4 pts
- RETS 4 pts
- RIEL 4 pts
- RILE 4 pts
- RISE 4 pts
- RITE 4 pts
- SILT 4 pts
- SIRE 4 pts
- SITE 4 pts
- SLIT 4 pts
- STIR 4 pts
- TELS 4 pts
- TIER 4 pts
- TIES 4 pts
- TILE 4 pts
- TILS 4 pts
- TIRE 4 pts
- TIRL 4 pts
- TRES 4 pts
3-letter words
37 words- ERG 4 pts
- GEL 4 pts
- GET 4 pts
- GIE 4 pts
- GIS 4 pts
- GIT 4 pts
- LEG 4 pts
- REG 4 pts
- RIG 4 pts
- SEG 4 pts
- SIG 4 pts
- TEG 4 pts
- ELS 3 pts
- ERS 3 pts
- EST 3 pts
- IRE 3 pts
- ITS 3 pts
- LEI 3 pts
- LET 3 pts
- LIE 3 pts
- LIS 3 pts
- LIT 3 pts
- REI 3 pts
- RES 3 pts
- RET 3 pts
- SEI 3 pts
- SEL 3 pts
- SER 3 pts
- SET 3 pts
- SIR 3 pts
- SIT 3 pts
- SRI 3 pts
- TEL 3 pts
- TES 3 pts
- TIE 3 pts
- TIL 3 pts
- TIS 3 pts
2-letter words
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