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glistring

glistring is the obsolete form of glistering.

Meaning of glistering

Adjective

glistering (comparative more glistering, superlative most glistering)

  1. Glistening, glittering, gleaming, shining.
    • The flying sparks are like the tiger's glistering eyes.1911, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 8, page 216

Forms of glistring

comparativemore glistring
superlativemost glistring

Questions about glistring

What is glistring the obsolete form of?
Glistring is the obsolete form of glistering.

Words near glistring in the dictionary

  1. glister
  2. glistered
  3. glistering
  4. glisteringly
  5. glisters
  6. glistring
  7. glisé
  8. glitazar
  9. glitazars
  10. glitazone
  11. glitazones

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Adapted from Wiktionary: glistring (page history and authors); glistering (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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