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glisten

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7 lettersPronunciation /ˈɡlɪsən/Part of speech verb, nounSorted egilnstStarts with GEnds with N0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. be shiny, as if wet

Word origin

From Middle English glisnen, glistnen, from Old English glisnian, itself from Proto-West Germanic *glisnōn, while ultimately deriving from Proto-Germanic *glisnōną.

Used in a sentence

  • The sun was fierce, the land seemed to glisten and drip with steam.
  • In his clear northern flesh and his fair hair was a glisten like sunshine refracted through crystals of ice.

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