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Definition of Aglitter
1. Adjective. Having brief brilliant points or flashes of light. "`glistering' is an archaic term"
Similar to: Bright
Derivative terms: Coruscate, Glitter, Glitter, Scintillate, Scintillate, Sparkle
Definition of Aglitter
1. adv. & a. Glittering; in a glitter.
Definition of Aglitter
1. Adjective. glittering ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Aglitter
1. glittering [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Aglitter
Literary usage of Aglitter
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Poems by Harriet McEwen Kimball (1889)
"The sun shines out of the east, And dances over the sea ; The world 's aglitter
for us, love, aglitter for thee and me. And now the world 's a-dusk, ..."
2. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1902)
"... while fresh field-flowers— gathered, we hope, from the near-by fields where
he loved to roam—lie upon the pedestal and are still aglitter with the dew ..."
3. Poems by Walter Malone (1904)
"Across the lake, aglitter light on light, Strung like a necklace, little cities
gleam, While harps and bugles through the fragrant night, Lure sleepless ..."
4. Report of the International Commission to Inquire Into the Causes and by International Commission to Inquire into the Causes and Conduct of the Balkan Wars, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Division of Intercourse and Education (1918)
"The tables were aglitter with uniforms, and enthusiasm was at high level throughout
the proceeding. His Honor, Mayor Curley, presided and introduced ..."
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