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Definition of Glister
1. Noun. The quality of shining with a bright reflected light.
Generic synonyms: Brightness
Derivative terms: Glisten, Glitter, Glittery, Scintillate, Sparkle
Definition of Glister
1. v. i. To be bright; to sparkle; to be brilliant; to shine; to glisten; to glitter.
2. n. Glitter; luster.
Definition of Glister
1. Verb. To gleam, glisten or coruscate ¹
2. Noun. A brilliant flash; a glint ¹
3. Noun. (alternative form of clyster) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Glister
1. to glisten [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: glisten
Lexicographical Neighbors of Glister
Literary usage of Glister
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Man of Feeling by Henry Mackenzie (1886)
"Her face had the glister of new-washed tears on it. " I am ashamed, sir," said
she, " that you should have taken this fresh piece of trouble about one so ..."
2. Allan's Illustrated Edition of Tyneside Songs and Readings: With Lives by Thomas & George Allan (Firm) (1891)
"THE glister. SOME time since a Pitman was tyen varry bad, ... A glister she
gat—and ne langer she'd wait, But strite she ran hyem an' gat oot a clean plate: ..."
3. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"All that glister« is not gold. Shak., M. of V., 1L 7. ... The glister of the
profit that was judged hereof to have ensued to ..."
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