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Definition of Agleam
1. Adjective. Bright with a steady but subdued shining. "Nereids beneath the nitid moon"
Definition of Agleam
1. adv. & a. Gleaming; as, faces agleam.
Definition of Agleam
1. Adjective. Glowing with subdued light. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Agleam
1. gleaming [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Agleam
Literary usage of Agleam
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Modern Russian poetry: texts and translations by Paul Selver (1917)
"How agleam, how garnished the spring 1 Turn your eyes in the old way upon me:
Say, wherefore this sorrowing? Why lavish this tenderness on me? ..."
2. Cap and Gown by Frederic Lawrence Knowles (1897)
"Cheeks so bright, Face alight, Heart adance, adance; Eyes of night, Brow of white,
Silver skates agleam, aglance. High, hey, high, hey, Skimming the smooth, ..."
3. Methodist Magazine and Review by Methodist Church (Canada (1905)
"While fairy peristyle and tower, With sunlight all agleam, Reflected in the
water's glow ... Oh ! city with thy walls agleam, Thy spires and golden towers, ..."
4. A Treasury of War Poetry: British and American Poems of the World War, 1914-1917 by George Herbert Clarke (1917)
"... God's decree and William's order — Climb the frowning Belgian ridges With your
naked swords agleam! Seize the City of the Bridges — Then get on, ..."
5. Life's Sunbeams and Shadows: Poems and Prose, with Appendix Including by John Cotter Pelton (1893)
"... that modest mien; That warmly throbbing heart; That spotless life, in truth
agleam, Defies the powers of art. We linger in thy praise, pure soul; ..."
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