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glitter

[glit-er]

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verb (used without object)

to reflect light with a brilliant, sparkling luster; sparkle with reflected light.

to make a brilliant show.

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noun

a sparkling reflected light or luster.

showy splendor.

small glittering ornaments.

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Origin:
1300–50; Middle English < Old Norse glitra; compare Old English glitenian, German gleissen to shine, glitter

Related forms

glit·ter·ing·ly, adverb

out·glit·ter, verb (used with object)

un·glit·ter·ing, adjective

Synonyms
1. See flash. 3. sparkle.

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World English Dictionary

glitter (ˈɡlɪtə)

—vb
1.	(of a hard, wet, or polished surface) to reflect light in bright flashes
2.	(of light) to be reflected in bright flashes
3.	(usually foll by with) to be decorated or enhanced by the glamour (of): the show glitters with famous actors

—n
4.	sparkle or brilliance
5.	show and glamour
6.	tiny pieces of shiny decorative material used for ornamentation, as on the skin
7.	(Canadian) Also called: silver thaw ice formed from freezing rain

[C14: from Old Norse glitra; related to Old High German glīzan to shine]

'glitteringly

—*adv*

'glittery

—*adj*

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Word Origin & History

glitter

c.1300, from O.N. glitra "to glitter," from glit "brightness," from P.Gmc. *glit- "shining, bright" (cf. O.E. glitenian "to glitter," O.H.G. glizzan, Ger. glitzern, Goth. glitmunjan), from PIE *ghleid- (cf. Gk. khlidon, khlidos "ornament"), from base *ghlei- "to shine, glitter" (see

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gleam). Glitter rock is from 1972; glitterati (playing on literati) first attested 1956.

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Idioms & Phrases

glitter

see all that glitters is not gold.