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单词 glitter
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glittern.1

Brit. /ˈɡlɪtə/, U.S. /ˈɡlɪdər/
Etymology: < glitter v.
1. Glittering or sparkling light; brightness, brilliance, lustre, splendour. See also aglitter adj. and adv.
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the world > matter > light > light emitted in particular manner > [noun] > spark or glittering light
sprankle1398
sparkle1490
spunkc1540
sparka1542
scintil1599
glitter1602
star1609
stricture1628
spinther1641
scintillation1646
fanglea1657
scintilla1661
sparkleta1687
twinkle1689
spangle1821
spink1829
crown jewel1851
twink1870
peep1882
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-
1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge i. ii. sig. Bv Tinsill glitter, or rich purfled robes..Are not the true adornements of a wife.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 452 With what permissive glory since his fall Was left him, or false glitter . View more context for this quotation
1788 V. Knox Winter Evenings (1790) II. ii. 15 A boldness of utterance and assertion, which often sets off base metal with the glitter of gold.
1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin II. xxxix. 259 Cassy, with a keen, sneering glitter in her eyes, stood looking at him.
1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. xv. 169 A water-pool, in which my lantern made the glitter.
1882 M. E. Braddon Mt. Royal III. vi. 104 Louis Quinze coat, all a glitter with cut-steel.
1898 Daily News 22 Jan. 6/5 Glitter is the key-note of smart outdoor dress at the moment.
figurative.1863 W. Phillips Speeches xi. 255 The glitter of whose fame makes doubtful acts look heroic.1868 H. H. Milman Ann. St. Paul's Cathedral vii. 152 The glitter of miracles which attested his [S. Erkenwald's] virtues.1876 L. Stephen Hours in Libr. 2nd Ser. vii. 324 He seems to have tired of the glitter of Junius.
2. Apparently a mistake for gutter n.1 5b.
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1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Head The Thing that beareth the Antlers, Royals, and Tops, is call'd the Beam; and the little Streaks therein are Glitters.
1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth III. 114 That part which bears the [stag's] antlers is called the beam; and the little impressions upon its surface glitters.

Compounds

glitter rock n. a variety of rock music played by performers dressed flamboyantly in glittering costumes and make-up; cf. glam-rock n. at glam n.2 and adj. Compounds.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > pop music > [noun] > rock > types of
jazz-rock1915
rockabilly1956
rockaboogie1956
hard rock1959
folk-rock1963
soft rock1965
surf rock1965
acid rock1966
raga rock1966
progressive rock1968
Christian rock1969
cock rock1970
punk1970
punk rock1970
space rock1970
swamp rock1970
techno-rock1971
glitter rock1972
grunge1973
glam-rock1974
pub rock1974
alternative rock1975
dinosaur rock1975
prog rock1976
AOR1977
New Wave1977
pomp rock1978
prog1978
anarcho-punk1979
stadium rock1979
oi1981
alt-rock1982
noise1982
noise-rock1982
trash1983
mosh1985
emo-core1986
Goth1986
rawk1987
emo1988
grindcore1989
darkwave1990
queercore1991
lo-fi1993
dadrock1994
nu metal1995
1972 New Musical Express 14 Oct. 12 (heading) Carly Simon: This Jaggeresque lady antidote to glitter rock.
1973 Newsweek 28 May 65/2 Alice [Cooper] has come a long way—from star of his high-school cross-country team to star of that garish division of the rock world known variously as glitter-rock, deca- (for decadent) rock or punk rock. Its hallmarks are chaos and confusion—chaotic sounds, confusion of logic and sexual identity.
1980 J. Collis Rock Primer 300 Rock's social dimension has been reduced to grotesques and parodies:..the flirting with sexual doubts which ‘glitter-rock’ exploited.

Draft additions 1993

concrete. = glitter dust n. at Additions below.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > [noun] > cosmetic product
glitter dust1936
glitter1962
the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the skin or complexion > [noun] > preparations for the skin or complexion > powders > sparkling
glitter dust1936
glitter1962
1962 New Statesman 18 May 708/2 All the grey glitter I put on me hair come off on his cheek.
1989 Sunday Tel. 2 July 38/1 Man-made fibres, too much make-up, and any glitter are naff now.

Draft additions 1993

glitter dust n. a sparkling powder consisting of metallic particles, pieces of tinsel, etc., esp. used cosmetically or for decoration.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > [noun] > cosmetic product
glitter dust1936
glitter1962
the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the skin or complexion > [noun] > preparations for the skin or complexion > powders > sparkling
glitter dust1936
glitter1962
1936 Herald (Melbourne) 4 June 25/3 Next week I will tell you how to make the wings, head-dress and wand. Also how to apply the glitter-dust.
1960 Guardian 26 Apr. 8/7 Guild of Hairdressers..National Junior Hair Stylist Competition... The rules were strict: no falsies, no nylon or spun-glass fantasies, no ornaments, no glitter dust.
1982 R. Ingalls Mrs Caliban 14 A species of military hat composed of metallic-painted cardboard, red glitterdust, and side rosettes.

Draft additions June 2021

glitterball n. a large decorative glittering or sparkling ball, esp. one covered with small mirrored facets, typically suspended from a ceiling and used to provide lighting effects at a dance, disco, etc.; cf. disco ball n., mirror ball n.
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1924 Advocate (Burnie, Tasmania) 5 Sept. 4/6 From the centre of the ceiling was suspended a large ‘glitter ball’... To compete the effect, Crystal Pictures directed a spot light on this ball and the consequent myriad reflections beautified the scene.
1989 P. McCabe Carn (1993) v. 90 Goosepimples crawled on Sadie's back as she wanted the singer fall to his knees clutching the microphone like a chalice, the circling glitterball tossing specks of the light on his t-shirt.
2020 Daily Star (Nexis) 14 Sept. 12 We might not have danced under the glitterball doing The Loco-Motion but Kylie Minogue gave us a reason to dust off our disco pants this weekend.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

glittern.2

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: glidder n.
Etymology: English regional (northern) variant of glidder n.
dialect.
= glidder n.
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1863 Greenwell in Trans. Tyneside Nat. Field Club VI. 18 A very steep descent, covered with loose rolling stones, here called glidders or glitters.
1882 J. Hardy in Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 9 480 A craggy and glitter-faced hill.

Derivatives

ˈglitterless adj. devoid of glitter.
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the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > dimness or absence of brightness > [adjective] > not sparkling, glittering, or dazzling
undazzling1601
unscintillating1807
unsparkling1816
unglittering1868
glitterless1882
1882 W. Sharp D. G. Rossetti ii. 55 The sea is a white blank, waveless, glitterless.
ˈglitterous adj. Obsolete = glittery adj.
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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
1596 R. Linche Dom Diego in Diella sig. D6v Her hayre of such corruscant glitterous shine, as are the smallest streames of hottest sunne.
ˈglittery adj. full of glitter.
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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
1880 G. C. M. Birdwood Indian Arts II. 10 If Indian jewelry should become mechanical, and hard, and glittery, it will at once cease to be artistic.
1925 H. L. Mencken Let. 27 May in H. L. Mencken & S. Haardt Mencken & Sara (1987) vii. 113 The white metals..usually..acquire a glittery..form.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

glitterv.

Brit. /ˈɡlɪtə/, U.S. /ˈɡlɪdər/
Forms: Middle English gliter, Middle English–1500s gleter, glyter, 1500s glittre, Middle English– glitter.
Origin: Probably a borrowing from early Scandinavian.
Etymology: Not recorded in Old English; Middle English gliteren is probably < Old Norse glitra = Middle High German, modern German glitzern ; a frequentative formation (see -er suffix3) from the Germanic root *glῑt- in Old Saxon glîtan strong verb, Old High German glîȥan (modern German gleiszen) to shine, Old Norse glit brightness, glita to shine, Gothic glitmunjan to shine; the pre-Germanic root *ghleid-, ghlid- seems to occur in Greek χλιδή luxury.
1.
a. intransitive. To shine with a brilliant but broken and tremulous light; to emit bright fitful flashes of light; to gleam, sparkle.
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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
the world > matter > light > light emitted in particular manner > [verb (intransitive)] > sparkle or glitter > of the eyes or precious stones
gem1652
sparkle1700
glitter1817
a1400–50 Alexander 4957 Al glitered þe ground for glori of his wedis.
c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 604 Golde nayleȝ, Þat al glytered & glent as glem of þe sunne.
c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) liii. 181 Many helmes gletred agaynst the sonne.
1572 (a1500) Taill of Rauf Coilȝear (1882) 669 Gowlis glitterand full gay, glemand in grene.
1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. xi. sig. L2 The waues, glittering like Christall glas. View more context for this quotation
a1674 T. Traherne Christian Ethicks (1675) 162 The Stars..Glitter in their Motions only to serve us.
1757 T. Gray Ode I iii. iii, in Odes 11 Before his infant eyes would run Such forms, as glitter in the Muse's ray.
1782 W. Cowper Hope in Poems 143 Earth glitters with the drops the night distils.
1817 T. Moore Lalla Rookh (ed. 2) 220 A gem from Persia's plunder'd mines, Shall glitter on thy Shrine of Shrines.
1860 C. Kingsley Misc. (ed. 2) II. 17 As their wings glittered in the light they looked like flakes of snow.
1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola I. xx. 328 She looked up at him with trusting eyes, that still glittered with tears.
b. Proverb. (Cf. glister v. b.)
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a1649 W. Drummond Wks. (1711) 222 All is not Gold which glittereth.
1784 S. Johnson Let. 2 Oct. (1994) IV. 413 All is not gold that glitters, as we have been often told.
2. figurative; esp. of persons: To make a brilliant appearance or display; to be showy or splendid (in dress, etc.).
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the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > splendour > move with splendour [verb (intransitive)] > be splendid or radiant
shine971
glitter1548
skinkle1765
1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Luke ii. f. 48–52 She perceiued and founde a certain power of the godhed to glittre and shewe foorth in hym.
1683 W. Kennett tr. Erasmus Witt against Wisdom 48 Nature glitters most in her own plain homely garb.
1728 T. Sheridan in tr. Persius Satyrs (1739) Prol. 5 If the Hope of Money does but once glitter in their Thoughts.
1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 109. ⁋4 They had both..glittered in playhouses.
1766 J. Fordyce Serm. Young Women I. ii. 75 Our gay assemblies..would glitter less.
1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 112 I saw her [sc. the queen of France]..glittering like the morning-star. View more context for this quotation
1841 R. W. Emerson Prudence in Ess. 1st Ser. (London ed.) 233 Talent which..glitters to-day, that it may dine and sleep well to-morrow.
1879 J. McCarthy Hist. our Own Times II. xxix. 362 Every chapter glittered with vivid and highly coloured description.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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