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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
glister
 
SYLLABICATION:glis·ter
PRONUNCIATION:  glstr
INTRANSITIVE VERB:Inflected forms: glis·tered, glis·ter·ing, glis·ters
To glisten.
NOUN: Glitter; brilliance.
ETYMOLOGY:Middle English glisteren, probably from Middle Dutch glinsterenor Middle Low German glisteren. See ghel-2 in Appendix I.
 
 
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