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glistening

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glistening

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of glisten

noun glistenings

  1. The appearance of something that glistens. My eyes had adjusted to the faint starlight and I could make out pale glistenings and white glow of bones which had worked their way free of clinging flesh.
  2. A fluid-filled microvacuole within a lens.

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@misc{glistening_2026,
  title = {glistening},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/glistening},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}