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Glittering   /glˈɪtərɪŋ/   Listen
verb
Glitter  v. i.  (past & past part. glittered; pres. part. glittering)  
1.
To sparkle with light; to shine with a brilliant and broken light or showy luster; to gleam; as, a glittering sword. "The field yet glitters with the pomp of war."
2.
To be showy, specious, or striking, and hence attractive; as, the glittering scenes of a court.
Synonyms: To gleam; to glisten; to shine; to sparkle; to glare. See Gleam, Flash.





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"Glittering" Quotes from Famous Books



... of torches and the beautiful radiance of blue lights (technically, Bengal lights) upon the heads of our horses; the fine effect of such a showery and ghostly illumination falling upon our flowers and glittering laurels [Footnote: "Glittering laurels":—I must observe that the colour of green suffers almost a spiritual change and exaltation under the effect of Bengal lights.]; whilst all around ourselves, ...
— The English Mail-Coach and Joan of Arc • Thomas de Quincey
... Tefflis' towers are seen, In distant view, along the level green, While evening dews enrich the glittering glade, And the tall forests cast a longer shade, What time 'tis sweet o'er fields of rice to stray, 5 Or scent the breathing maize at setting day; Amidst the maids of Zagen's peaceful grove, Emyra sung ...
— The Poetical Works of William Collins - With a Memoir • William Collins
... and erelong the town of Scutari opened on the view of the travellers, glittering, as now, with a variety of architecture, which, though it might be termed fantastical, could not be denied the praise of beauty. These buildings rose boldly out of a thick grove of cypresses, and other huge trees, ...
— Waverley Volume XII • Sir Walter Scott
... roofs. Along the fringe of the shore were Choraizin and Bethsaida, purple with pomegranates, Capharnahum, beloved for its honey, and Magdala, scented with spice. The slopes and intervales were very green where they were not yellow, and there were terraces of grape, glittering cliffs, and a sky of troubled blue, wadded ...
— Mary Magdalen • Edgar Saltus
... mentioned, Ringtail was extremely fond of bright objects. A bit of glass or tin glittering in the light would draw him irresistibly. And one night this attraction led him into serious trouble. At dawn Ringtail was still absent, and as the morning passed and he did not return, the Hermit grew uneasy. Pal, ...
— Followers of the Trail • Zoe Meyer


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