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

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

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 Rosemary and Rue by Amber

Against the blue, stars were aglint with the twinkle of a million harbour lights.

From Heralds of Empire Being the Story of One Ramsay Stanhope, Lieutenant to Pierre Radisson in the Northern Fur Trade by Laut, Agnes C. (Agnes Christina)

But lo! the air was aglint with particles of scintillating frost, and there, to the north, the wind-vane lay in vague outline of the snow.

From The Son of the Wolf by London, Jack

And the rest of Lad's sinewy body was crouching above it, fangs aglint, eyes blazing with hot menace.

From Further Adventures of Lad by Terhune, Albert Payson