glint
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glint
- /ɡlɪnt/
Rhymes with -ɪnt
Where it comes from
15th century. Borrowed from Scots glint, from Middle English glenten (“to shine, gleam; flash”), probably from Old Norse *glenta, from Proto-Germanic *glantijaną, causitive of Proto-Germanic *glintaną (“to gleam, shine”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰley- (“to shine”). Cognate with Danish glente, Swedish glänta, Norwegian Nynorsk gletta (“to peep, look”), Middle High German glinzen; compare also Swedish glinta (“to slip, slide, gleam, shine”), Swedish glimt (“flash, glint, glimpse”), Norwegian Nynorsk glanta, gletta (“to glide, slip”). Reintroduced into literary English by Robert Burns.
noun glints
- A short flash of light, usually when reflected off a shiny surface. I saw the glint of metal as he raised the gun.
- A brief look; a glance. "My name is Elphinstone, ma'am," said the young man, and then he cleared his throat and gave a glint at Mary, and grew redder in the face than ever.
adjective more glint · most glint
- Not sharp; dull. The knife is glint.
verb glints · glinting · glinted
- To flash or gleam briefly. A wedding ring glinted on her finger.
- To glance; to peep forth, as a flower from the bud; to glitter. The rising sun owre Galston muirs, / Wi' glorious light was glintin'
- To cause to flash or gleam; to reflect. The scientists theorized that a meteoroid, ranging in size from a speck of dust to a marble, might have struck the satellite and chipped off a bit of debris that glinted a ray of sun back on the Vela's second sensor […]
- To dry; to wither. The sun glints grass and corn.
Translations
Talk about this word "glint." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/glint. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. glint. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/glint "glint." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/glint.Cite this
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