What does glister mean?
Glister means (intransitive, archaic) To gleam, glisten, or coruscate..
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/ˈɡlɪstɚ/ · verb
(intransitive, archaic) To gleam, glisten, or coruscate..
All that gliſters is not gold.
But, as the Phœnix on my Front doth gliſter, / Thou ſhalt the Finials of my Frame illuſtre.
[…] strangely she glistered in the sun / as she leaped forth in the sun […]
Use glister when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Glister means (intransitive, archaic) To gleam, glisten, or coruscate..
Common synonyms include scintillation, sparkle, glisten, glitter.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
All that gliſters is not gold.
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