glisten

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glisten

/ˈɡlɪsən/

Rhymes with -ɪsən

Where it comes from

From Middle English glisnen, glistnen, from Old English glisnian, itself from Proto-West Germanic *glisnōn, while ultimately deriving from Proto-Germanic *glisnōną.

verb glistens · glistening · glistened

intransitive, of a wet or greasy surface To reflect light with a glittering luster; to sparkle, coruscate, glint or flash. The sun was fierce, the land seemed to glisten and drip with steam.
Similar: coruscate, flash, gleam, glitter, glisten, luster, sheen, shimmer, shine, sparkle

noun glistens

A glistening shine from a wet surface. In his clear northern flesh and his fair hair was a glisten like sunshine refracted through crystals of ice.

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verb to reflect light with a glittering luster

Español	relucir, rielar
日本語	光る hikaru, 輝く kagayaku
中文	輝耀 /辉耀 huīyào, 閃光 /闪光 shǎnguāng, 閃耀 /闪耀 shǎnyào
हिन्दी	चमकना camaknā
Português	reluzir
Français	reluire
Deutsch	glitzern, glänzen, gleißen
Italiano	luccicare
Ελληνικά	λάμπω lámpo
Русский	блесте́ть blestétʹ, блесну́ть blesnútʹ, сверка́ть sverkátʹ, сверкну́ть sverknútʹ
العربية	لَمَعَ lamaʕa

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@misc{glisten_2026,
  title = {glisten},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/glisten},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}