glister

[ glis-ter ]

verb (used without object)

, Archaic.

1. to glisten; glitter.

noun

1. glitter; sparkle.

glister

/ ˈɡlɪstə /

verb

1. an archaic word for glitter

Derived Forms

• ˈglisteringly, adverb

Other Words From

• glister·ing·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of glister¹

1350–1400; Middle English; akin to glisten

Word History and Origins

Origin of glister¹

C14: probably from Middle Dutch glisteren

Example Sentences

Behind the Trumpian glister of gold lies an apocalyptic story of once luscious rain forests reduced to smoldering vistas and biodiverse rivers poisoned with mercury and cyanide.

From New York Times

He looked hopefully at Bogert, who was still blandly neat and whose inner tension was perhaps betrayed only by the trace of glister at his temples.

From Literature

There is too much attention on the glister of glory, and not enough on the guts.

From The Guardian

And yet the reputation of the spice, dubbed "red gold", still does not glister quite as brightly as perhaps it should.

From BBC

Some of them have on outfits like mine, feathers and glister, cut high up the thighs, low over the breasts.

From Literature