Glister

Quick meaning: Glister is a verb meaning (intransitive, archaic) To gleam, glisten, or coruscate.

Meaning

(intransitive, archaic) To gleam, glisten, or coruscate.

More Meanings

1. A brilliant flash; a glint.
2. Alternative form of clyster.

Example Sentences

All that gliſters is not gold.

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

But, as the Phœnix on my Front doth gliſter, / Thou ſhalt the Finials of my Frame illuſtre.

Word Forms

• glisters
• glistering
• glistered

Synonyms for glister

Depending on context, synonyms include scintillation, sparkle, glisten, glitter.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include glisten, scintillation, glitter, sparkle, gleam, glitten.

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