aglint

American  

[uh-glint] / əˈglɪnt /

adjective

1. displaying bright points of light, as by reflection; glittering.

   a diamond tiara aglint under the ballroom lights.

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Etymology

Origin of aglint

First recorded in 1875–80; a- ¹ + glint

Example Sentences

Executioners hover over them, dressed in black, knives aglint.

From Los Angeles Times

The man who never saw anything in a rose aglint in the sunlight or in a lily asleep in the moonlight, but a species of useless vegetable, the inferior of the cabbage and the onion.

From Project Gutenberg

His step was springy, his shoulders squared, his eyes aglint with reminiscence as he strode on to the West Point parade ground to review the Corps of Cadets.

From Time Magazine Archive

A long expanse of the Hudson was in sight from where he stood, its broad, rippled surface aglint in the September sunshine.

From Project Gutenberg

"Listen well!" warned Salezar, his beady eyes aglint.

From Project Gutenberg