aglitter

[ uh-glit-er ]

adjective

1. glittering; sparkling.

aglitter

/ əˈɡlɪtə /

adjective

1. postpositive sparkling; glittering

Word History and Origins

Origin of aglitter¹

First recorded in 1860–65; a- ¹ + glitter

Example Sentences

The hit Disney musical “Aladdin” has returned to Seattle all aglitter and aglow with baubles, bangles and beads.

From Seattle Times

Its Astor Place headquarters, renovated under Mr. Eustis’s watch, is alive and aglitter, night after night.

From New York Times

Mr. Gallagher, eyes feverishly aglitter and teeth flashing in an illuminated shark’s smile, sings with robust self-importance in a trans-Atlantic accent that feels all the more authentic for being so palpably phony.

From New York Times

From Cyclopean towers across Manhattan waters —Two—three bright window-eyes aglitter, disk The sun, released—aloft with cold gulls hither.

From The New Yorker

Satellite photos of western North Dakota at night, aglitter like a metropolis with lighted rigs and burning flares, crystallized its rapid transformation from tight-knit agricultural society to semi-industrialized oil powerhouse.

From New York Times