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Vinony

glister

noun

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈɡlɪstɚ/

noun

Etymology: Compare Old French glistere.

  1. Alternative form of clyster.

verb

Etymology: From Middle English glisteren, either borrowed from or related to Middle Low German and/or Middle Dutch glisteren; like a host of other Germanic words in gl- related to shining, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰley-.

  1. To gleam, glisten, or coruscate.

    “All that gliſters is not gold.”

    “But, as the Phœnix on my Front doth gliſter, / Thou ſhalt the Finials of my Frame illuſtre.”