glisten
Etymology

From Middle English glisnen, glistnen, from Old English glisnian, itself from Proto-West Germanic *glisnōn, while ultimately deriving from Proto-Germanic *glisnōną.

Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ˈɡlɪsən/
Verb

glisten (glistens, present participle glistening; simple past and past participle glistened)

  1. (intransitive, of a wet or greasy surface) To reflect light with a glittering luster; to sparkle, coruscate, glint or flash.
    • 1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC ↗, part I, page 202 ↗:
      The sun was fierce, the land seemed to glisten and drip with steam.
Translations Noun

glisten (plural glistens)

  1. A glistening shine from a wet surface.



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