glister

American  

[glis-ter] / ˈglɪs tər /

verb (used without object)

Archaic.

1. to glisten; glitter.

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noun

1. glitter; sparkle.

glister British  

/ ˈɡlɪstə /

verb

1. an archaic word for glitter

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Other Word Forms

• glisteringly adverb

Etymology

Origin of glister

1350–1400; Middle English; akin to glisten

Example Sentences

Behind the Trumpian glister of gold lies an apocalyptic story of once luscious rain forests reduced to smoldering vistas and biodiverse rivers poisoned with mercury and cyanide.

From New York Times

He looked hopefully at Bogert, who was still blandly neat and whose inner tension was perhaps betrayed only by the trace of glister at his temples.

From Literature

There is too much attention on the glister of glory, and not enough on the guts.

From The Guardian

And yet the reputation of the spice, dubbed "red gold", still does not glister quite as brightly as perhaps it should.

From BBC

To quote William Shakespeare, “All that glisters is not gold.”

From New York Times