glitterance
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glitterance
Where it comes from
From glitter + -ance. Coined by Robert Southey in his 1801 poem Thalaba the Destroyer (see the quotation).
noun glitterances
- A glittering, a sparkling with light. And now had Thalaba Performed his last ablutions, and he stood And gazed upon the little boat […] Till from the glitterance of the sunny main He turned his aching eyes, And then upon the beach he laid him down And watched the rising tide.
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title = {glitterance},
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