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glit⋅ter

  [glit-er]
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–verb (used without object)
1. to reflect light with a brilliant, sparkling luster; sparkle with reflected light.
2. to make a brilliant show.
–noun
3. a sparkling reflected light or luster.
4. showy splendor.
5. small glittering ornaments.
Origin:
1300–50; ME < ON glitra; cf. OE glitenian, G gleissen to shine, glitter

Related forms:
glit⋅ter⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. See flash. 3. sparkle.
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glit·ter   (glĭt'ər)   
n.  
  1. A sparkling or glistening light.
  2. Brilliant or showy, often superficial attractiveness.
  3. Small pieces of light-reflecting decorative material.
intr.v.   glit·tered, glit·ter·ing, glit·ters
    1. To sparkle brilliantly; glisten. See Synonyms at flash.
    2. To sparkle coldly or malevolently: eyes that glittered at the prospect of revenge.
  2. To be brilliantly, often deceptively, attractive.

[Middle English gliteren, to sparkle, from Old Norse glitra; see ghel-2 in Indo-European roots.]
glit'ter·ing·ly adv., glit'ter·y adj.
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Glitter

Glit"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Glittered; p. pr. & vb. n. Glittering.] [OE. gliteren; akin to Sw. glittra, Icel. glitra, glita, AS. glitenian, OS. gl[=i]tan, OHG. gl[=i]zzan, G. gleissen, Goth. glitmunjan, and also to E. glint, glisten, and prob. glance, gleam.]

1. To sparkle with light; to shine with a brilliant and broken light or showy luster; to gleam; as, a glittering sword.

The field yet glitters with the pomp of war. --Dryden.

2. To be showy, specious, or striking, and hence attractive; as, the glittering scenes of a court.

Syn: To gleam; to glisten; to shine; to sparkle; to glare. See Gleam, Flash.

Glitter

Glit"ter\, n. A bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy; as, the glitter of arms; the glitter of royal equipage. --Milton.
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Language Translation for : glitter
Spanish: brillar, relucir,
German: funkeln,
Japanese: きらきらする
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glitter  (v.)
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 gleam). Glitter rock is from 1972; glitterati (playing on literati) first attested 1956.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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glitter

see all that glitters is not gold.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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