glister

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Verb

glister (glisters, present participle glistering; past and past participle glistered)

1. (intransitive, archaic) To gleam, glisten or coruscate.
   • 1605, Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice (II, vii)

     All that glisters is not gold.

   • 1945, J. R. R. Tolkien, The Lay of Autrou and Itroun

     […] strangely she glistered in the sun / as she leaped forth in the sun […]

Translations

• Russian: блесте́ть

Noun

glister (plural glisters)

1. A brilliant flash; a glint

Noun

glister (plural glisters)

1. Alternative form of clyster

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