glistern.

Brit.

/ˈɡlɪstə/, U.S.

/ˈɡlɪstər/

Etymology: < glister v.

1. A glistering; a bright light, brilliance, lustre.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > light emitted in particular manner > [noun] > spark or glittering light > sparkling or glittering

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coruscancy1630

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spangle1853

sparkliness-

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Ezek. i. 10 The fyre gaue a glistre, and out off the fyre there wente lighteninge.

a1592 R. Greene Frier Bacon (1594) sig. G2 Ere the morning star Sends out his glorious glister on the north.

1647 H. More Philos. Poems 325 Half therefore just of this dark Orb was dight With goodly glistre and fair golden rayes.

1841 W. M. Thackeray Men & Pictures 99 Fair was the sight..and bright the river's glister.

1884 ‘C. E. Craddock’ In Tennessee Mts. viii. 315 She caught a glimpse of..the glister of a great lucent, tremulous star.

figurative.a1572 J. Knox Hist. Reformation Scotl. in Wks. (1846) I. 292 The glister of the proffeit, that was judged heirof to have ensewed to Scotishmen at the first sight blynded mony menis eyis.a1659 R. Brownrig 65 Serm. (1674) I. iv. 48 Outward Glister and Pomp.1718 Entertainer xxii. 146 'Tis a World of Glister that we live in.1759 D. Hume Hist. Eng. (1806) III. App. 814 The false glister catches the eye, and leaves no room..for the durable beauties of solid sense and lively passion.

2. Mineralogy. = glist n. 2.

ΚΠ

1671 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 6 2102 We..continue..till we find either the Load to grow small, or degenerate into some sort of weed..as Mundick, or Maxy..Daze,..Glister, bloud-red and black.

Derivatives

ˈglistery adj. [-y suffix¹] rare full of glister.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > light emitted in particular manner > [adjective] > glittering or sparkling

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sparkly1922

1806 Struthers House Mourning i, in Wks. (1850) I. 77 His hope, the self-deceiver's transient gleam That, glistery, glimmers on the dazzled eye.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

glisterv.

Brit.

/ˈɡlɪstə/, U.S.

/ˈɡlɪstər/

Forms: Middle English glystre, Middle English–1500s glistre, (Middle English glistere), Middle English–1600s glyster, Middle English– glister.

Etymology: Corresponds to Middle Low German glistern , Middle Dutch, Dutch glisteren ; < root *glis- (see glise v.) + suffixes -t- and -er suffix⁵.

archaic and dialect.

a. intransitive. To sparkle; to glitter; to be brilliant. The word is obsolete in ordinary colloquial use (though preserved in dialects); by recent writers employed with reminiscence of Shakespeare or the Bible in the literal sense only.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > light emitted in particular manner > [verb (intransitive)] > sparkle or glitter

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c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 4438 Ys browes were boþe rowe and grete..ys eȝene depe, & glystryd as þe glede.

1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 252 The water glistred over all.

a1420 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum (Roxb.) 150 A croked hors never the better is entecchede Althoughe his bridelle glistre of golde & shyne.

?1521 A. Barclay Bk. Codrus & Mynalcas sig. Cvj All the walles within of fynest golde..Glystring as bright, as Phebus orient.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Esdras x. 25 Hir face dyd shyne & glyster.

1542 T. Becon Potacion for Lent sig. B.iij^v The vnfruytfull fygge tree, glystereth it neuer so pleasantly with grene leaues shall be cursed & commytted vnto hell fyre.

1698 Lassels's Ital. Voy. (new ed.) ii. 159 When the Sun shines upon it, you may see it glister two Miles off.

1725 J. Swift Wood's Petition in Wks. (1746) VIII. 315 Buy up my Halfpence so fine;..Observe how they glister and shine.

1775 J. Adair Hist. Amer. Indians 236 On the tops of several of these mountains, I have observed tufts of grass deeply tinctured by the mineral exhalations from the earth; and on the sides, they glistered from the same cause.

1808 W. Scott Marmion ii. xxi. 100 It did a ghastly contrast bear, To those bright ringlets glistering fair.

1857–8 E. H. Sears Athanasia vi. 52 Sandy plains which burn and glister under an orient sun.

1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. Glister, to glisten.

1880 J. Thomson City of Dreadful Night 4 Waste marshes shine and glister to the moon.

figurative.1535 Bible (Coverdale) Dan. xii. A The wyse..shal glister, as the shyninge of heauen.1564 T. Becon New Catech. in Wks. 294 The godles and heathenishe people..outwardly glistered wyth goodly vertues.1579 S. Gosson Schoole of Abuse f. 35^v Thunder in words, & glister in workes.a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iii. ii. 169 How he glisters Through my Rust? a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Herts. 22 He went to Oxford, where for some years he glistered in the Oratorick and Poëtick Sphear.1685 tr. B. Gracián y Morales Courtiers Oracle 37 That Superiority glisters in all sorts of people, but much more in great men.

b. Proverb. (Cf. glitter v. 1b)In modern use ‘glitters’ is commonly substituted for glisters.

ΚΠ

1553 T. Becon Relikes of Rome (1563) 207 All is not golde that glistereth.

1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice ii. vii. 65 All that glisters is not gold.

1649 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης viii. 72 They think all is gold of pietie that doth but glister with a shew of Zeale.

1650 T. Hubbert Pilula 36 Seriously trie before we choose, lest we take all for gold that glisters.

1748 T. Gray Ode Death Favourite Cat vii, in R. Dodsley Coll. Poems II. 269 Not all that tempts your wand'ring eyes..is lawful prize..Nor all, that glisters, gold.

1827 G. Canning Poet. Wks. 35 All that glitters is not gold... All that glisters is not gold!

†c. quasi-transitive. To send forth with glitter.

ΚΠ

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) iii. x. sig. Oo1 With eies which glistered forth beames of disdaine.

Derivatives

† ˈglisterer n. Obsolete one who glisters, a showy person.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > [noun] > ostentatious person

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1628 J. Earle Micro-cosmogr. xxi. sig. E3 Hee shall out-ballance those glisterers as much as a solid substance do's a feather, or Gold Gold-lace.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	glister
释义	glistern. Brit. /ˈɡlɪstə/, U.S. /ˈɡlɪstər/ Etymology: < glister v. 1. A glistering; a bright light, brilliance, lustre. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > light emitted in particular manner > [noun] > spark or glittering light > sparkling or glittering glistening1398 sprankling1398 twinkling1398 sprinklinga1400 sparklingc1440 glisteringc1450 glister1535 glittering1567 spangling1576 scintillation1585 sparkle1589 glitter1602 sparking1611 coruscancy1630 emication1646 eruscationa1652 sparklingnessa1691 glitterance1801 glisten1840 spangle1853 sparkliness- 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Ezek. i. 10 The fyre gaue a glistre, and out off the fyre there wente lighteninge. a1592 R. Greene Frier Bacon (1594) sig. G2 Ere the morning star Sends out his glorious glister on the north. 1647 H. More Philos. Poems 325 Half therefore just of this dark Orb was dight With goodly glistre and fair golden rayes. 1841 W. M. Thackeray Men & Pictures 99 Fair was the sight..and bright the river's glister. 1884 ‘C. E. Craddock’ In Tennessee Mts. viii. 315 She caught a glimpse of..the glister of a great lucent, tremulous star. figurative.a1572 J. Knox Hist. Reformation Scotl. in Wks. (1846) I. 292 The glister of the proffeit, that was judged heirof to have ensewed to Scotishmen at the first sight blynded mony menis eyis.a1659 R. Brownrig 65 Serm. (1674) I. iv. 48 Outward Glister and Pomp.1718 Entertainer xxii. 146 'Tis a World of Glister that we live in.1759 D. Hume Hist. Eng. (1806) III. App. 814 The false glister catches the eye, and leaves no room..for the durable beauties of solid sense and lively passion. 2. Mineralogy. = glist n. 2. ΚΠ 1671 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 6 2102 We..continue..till we find either the Load to grow small, or degenerate into some sort of weed..as Mundick, or Maxy..Daze,..Glister, bloud-red and black. Derivatives ˈglistery adj. [-y suffix¹] rare full of glister. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > light emitted in particular manner > [adjective] > glittering or sparkling sparkling?c1225 glising1340 glimmeringa1375 glistening1388 glistering1398 glitteringa1400 coruscantc1485 twinkling1508 flankering1577 fire-darting1594 glitterous1596 scintillant1611 winkinga1616 micant1657 scintillating1664 spangling1665 besparklinga1674 skinkling1790 spunky1791 micacious1797 glistery1806 spark-like1814 spangly1818 emicatious1819 sparky1827 aglitter1828 ablaze1851 aglist1858 scintillescent1860 aglisten1867 glittery1880 twinkly1884 sparkly1922 1806 Struthers House Mourning i, in Wks. (1850) I. 77 His hope, the self-deceiver's transient gleam That, glistery, glimmers on the dazzled eye. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). glisterv. Brit. /ˈɡlɪstə/, U.S. /ˈɡlɪstər/ Forms: Middle English glystre, Middle English–1500s glistre, (Middle English glistere), Middle English–1600s glyster, Middle English– glister. Etymology: Corresponds to Middle Low German glistern , Middle Dutch, Dutch glisteren ; < root glis- (see glise v.) + suffixes -t-* and -er suffix⁵. archaic and dialect. a. intransitive. To sparkle; to glitter; to be brilliant. The word is obsolete in ordinary colloquial use (though preserved in dialects); by recent writers employed with reminiscence of Shakespeare or the Bible in the literal sense only. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > light emitted in particular manner > [verb (intransitive)] > sparkle or glitter twinklec888 shimc950 blika1000 glisec1000 glistenc1000 glista1225 glore13.. sparkc1300 glisterc1380 sparklec1386 spranklea1387 glittera1400 sprinklea1400 blikenc1400 glaster1447 springlec1460 sprangle1495 brandish1552 pink1589 scintillate1623 simper1633 twink1637 spangle1639 scintill1681 scintillize1694 prinkle1724 skinkle1765 winkle1791 coruscate1807 c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 4438 Ys browes were boþe rowe and grete..ys eȝene depe, & glystryd as þe glede. 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 252 The water glistred over all. a1420 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum (Roxb.) 150 A croked hors never the better is entecchede Althoughe his bridelle glistre of golde & shyne. ?1521 A. Barclay Bk. Codrus & Mynalcas sig. Cvj All the walles within of fynest golde..Glystring as bright, as Phebus orient. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Esdras x. 25 Hir face dyd shyne & glyster. 1542 T. Becon Potacion for Lent sig. B.iij^v The vnfruytfull fygge tree, glystereth it neuer so pleasantly with grene leaues shall be cursed & commytted vnto hell fyre. 1698 Lassels's Ital. Voy. (new ed.) ii. 159 When the Sun shines upon it, you may see it glister two Miles off. 1725 J. Swift Wood's Petition in Wks. (1746) VIII. 315 Buy up my Halfpence so fine;..Observe how they glister and shine. 1775 J. Adair Hist. Amer. Indians 236 On the tops of several of these mountains, I have observed tufts of grass deeply tinctured by the mineral exhalations from the earth; and on the sides, they glistered from the same cause. 1808 W. Scott Marmion ii. xxi. 100 It did a ghastly contrast bear, To those bright ringlets glistering fair. 1857–8 E. H. Sears Athanasia vi. 52 Sandy plains which burn and glister under an orient sun. 1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. Glister, to glisten. 1880 J. Thomson City of Dreadful Night 4 Waste marshes shine and glister to the moon. figurative.1535 Bible (Coverdale) Dan. xii. A The wyse..shal glister, as the shyninge of heauen.1564 T. Becon New Catech. in Wks. 294 The godles and heathenishe people..outwardly glistered wyth goodly vertues.1579 S. Gosson Schoole of Abuse f. 35^v Thunder in words, & glister in workes.a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iii. ii. 169 How he glisters Through my Rust? View more context for this quotationa1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Herts. 22 He went to Oxford, where for some years he glistered in the Oratorick and Poëtick Sphear.1685 tr. B. Gracián y Morales Courtiers Oracle 37 That Superiority glisters in all sorts of people, but much more in great men. b. Proverb. (Cf. glitter v. 1b)In modern use ‘glitters’ is commonly substituted for glisters. ΚΠ 1553 T. Becon Relikes of Rome (1563) 207 All is not golde that glistereth. 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice ii. vii. 65 All that glisters is not gold. View more context for this quotation 1649 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης viii. 72 They think all is gold of pietie that doth but glister with a shew of Zeale. 1650 T. Hubbert Pilula 36 Seriously trie before we choose, lest we take all for gold that glisters. 1748 T. Gray Ode Death Favourite Cat vii, in R. Dodsley Coll. Poems II. 269 Not all that tempts your wand'ring eyes..is lawful prize..Nor all, that glisters, gold. 1827 G. Canning Poet. Wks. 35 All that glitters is not gold... All that glisters is not gold! †c. quasi-transitive. To send forth with glitter. ΚΠ a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) iii. x. sig. Oo1 With eies which glistered forth beames of disdaine. Derivatives † ˈglisterer n. Obsolete one who glisters, a showy person. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > [noun] > ostentatious person peacocka1425 ruffler1536 struttera1591 flaunter1598 glisterer1628 tulip1647 parader1747 swasher1821 swash1824 dazzler1839 rooster1840 show-off1841 swankera1846 Vanity-Fairian1847 grandstander1896 spotlighter1907 swank1913 swankpot1914 showboat1932 showboater1941 pavisander1950 1628 J. Earle Micro-cosmogr. xxi. sig. E3 Hee shall out-ballance those glisterers as much as a solid substance do's a feather, or Gold Gold-lace. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1535v.c1380
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