glitterance
glitterance noun: a glittering, a sparkling with light.
Noun
glitterance (plural glitterances)
- a glittering, a sparkling with light
- And now had Thalaba
Perform’d his last ablutions, and he stood
And gaz’d upon the little boat […]
Till, from the glitterance of the sunny main,
He turn’d his aching eyes,
And then upon the beach he laid him down,
And watch’d the rising tide.1801, Robert Southey, “(please specify the page)”, in Thalaba the Destroyer, volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] [F]or T[homas] N[orton] Longman and O[wen] Rees, […], by Biggs and... - As the rooks, at dawn of day,
Bestirring them to dry their feathers chill,
Some speed their way a-field; and homeward some,
Returning, cross their flight; while some abide,
And wheel around their airy lodge: so seem’d
That glitterance, wafted on alternate wing,
As upon certain stair it came, and...1814, Dante Alighieri, trans. Henry Francis Cary, The Divine Comedy, canto 21
- And now had Thalaba
Forms of glitterance
| plural | glitterances |
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Origin of glitterance
From glitter + -ance. Coined by Robert Southey in his 1801 Thalaba the Destroyer.
Questions about glitterance
- What does glitterance mean?
- Glitterance means a glittering, a sparkling with light.
- What part of speech is glitterance?
- Glitterance is a noun.
- What is the plural of glitterance?
- The plural of glitterance is glitterances.
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