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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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

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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