Glitter Definition

glĭtər
glittered, glittering, glitters
noun
glitters
A bright, sparkling light.
Webster's New World
Striking or showy brilliance or attractiveness.
Webster's New World
Bits of glittering material used for decoration.
Webster's New World
A glaze of ice formed by quickly freezing rain.
Webster's New World
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verb
glittered, glittering, glitters
To sparkle brilliantly; glisten.
A gold ring that glittered in the display window; eyes that glittered with tears.
American Heritage
To shine with a sparkling light; be bright; glisten; sparkle.
Webster's New World
To be strikingly brilliant, showy, or attractive.
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Origin of Glitter

  • Middle English gliteren to sparkle from Old Norse glitra ghel-2 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Glitter Sentence Examples

  • Toby was showing him the glitter drawing he'd done.

  • Toby had drawn him on black construction paper with silver glitter outlining the shape of a man.

  • The name mica is probably derived from the Latin micare, to shine, to glitter; the German word glimmer has the same meaning.

  • In the glitter that environs thee, rather wouldst thou be taken for the successor of Constantine than for the successor of Peter."

  • But here was a fairy forest with black moving shadows, and a glitter of diamonds and a flight of marble steps and the silver roofs of fairy buildings and the shrill yells of some animals.

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Words Starting With

GGLGLI

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RERTER

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