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glisteneth

glisteneth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of glisten.

Meaning of glisten

Verb

glisten (third-person singular simple present glistens, present participle glistening, simple past and past participle glistened)

  1. (intransitive) 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.1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 202

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Origin of glisteneth

glisten + -eth

Questions about glisteneth

What is glisteneth the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Glisteneth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of glisten.

Words near glisteneth in the dictionary

  1. glist
  2. glisten
  3. glistened
  4. glistener
  5. glisteners
  6. glisteneth
  7. glistening
  8. glisteningly
  9. glistenings
  10. glistens
  11. glisteny

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