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Definition: Glistering |
GlisteringAdjective1. Having brief brilliant points or flashes of light; "bugle beads all aglitter"; "glinting eyes"; "glinting water"; "his glittering eyes were cold and malevolent"; "shop window full of glittering Christmas trees"; "glittery costume jewelry"; "scintillant mica"; "the scintillating stars"; "a dress with sparkly sequins"; "`glistering' is an archaic term". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "glistering" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
Synonyms: GlisteringSynonyms: aglitter(p) (adj), fulgid (adj), glinting (adj), glittering (adj), glittery (adj), scintillant (adj), scintillating (adj), sparkling(a) (adj), sparkly (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Glistering |
| English words defined with "glistering": Glisteringly. (references) |
| Language | Translations for "glistering"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Arabic | لامع (blazing, bright, brilliant, burnished, dazzling, flamboyant, flashing, glazed, gleaming, glimmering, glittering, glossed, glossy, golden, high, lambent, lucid, lustrous, outstanding, polished, radiant, refulgent, resplendent, sheen, shining, shiny, showy, sleek, slick, sparkle, sparkling, star, staring). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | isteringglay.(various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Luke Chapter 9, Verse 29 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai egeneto en tw proseucesqai auton to eidoV tou proswpou autou eteron kai o imatismoV autou leukoV exastraptwn |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et factum est dum oraret species vultus eius altera et vestitus eius albus refulgens |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | þa he hine gebæd þa wæs hys ansyn oþres hiwes. and his reaf hwit scinende; |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And while he preiede, the licnesse of his cheer was chaungid, and his clothing was whit schynynge. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And as he prayed ye facion of his countenaunce was changed and his garment was whyte and shoone. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was altered, and his raiment was white and glistering. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was altered, and his raiment was white and glistening. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And while he was in prayer, his face was changed and his clothing became white and shining. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Luke Chapter 9, Verse 29 |
| Cebuano | Ug sa nag-ampo siya, nausab ang panagway sa iyang nawong ug ang iyang mga sapot misidlak sa kaputi. |
| Croatian | I dok se molio, izgled mu se lica izmijeni, a odjeæa sjajem zablista. |
| Danish | Og det skete, medens han bad, da blev hans Ansigts Udseende anderledes, og hans Klædebon blev hvidt og strålende. |
| Dutch | En als Hij bad, werd de gedaante Zijns aangezichts veranderd, en Zijn kleding wit en zeer blinkende. |
| Finnish | Ja hänen rukoillessaan hänen kasvojensa näkö muuttui, ja hänen vaatteensa tulivat säteilevän valkoisiksi. |
| French | Pendant qu`il priait, l`aspect de son visage changea, et son vêtement devint d`une éclatante blancheur. |
| German | Und da er betete, ward die Gestalt seines Angesichts anders, und sein Kleid ward weiß und glänzte. |
| Haitian Creole | Antan li t'ap lapriyè, figi l' pran chanje, rad li vin klere tou blan. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Sementara Yesus berdoa di situ, muka-Nya berubah dan pakaian-Nya menjadi putih berkilauan. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka sedang Ia berdoa, berubahlah rupa muka-Nya, dan pakaian-Nya pun menjadi putih bersinar-sinar. |
| Manx Gaelic | As myr v'eh ayns padjer, va cummey yn eddin echey er ny chaghlaa, as va'n coamrey echey gial as follys. |
| Maori | A, i a ia e inoi ana, ka puta ke te ahau o tona mata, ma tonu tona kakahu, kanapa tonu. |
| Norwegian | Og mens han bad, blev hans åsyn anderledes å se til, og hans klædning blev hvit og skinte som lynet. |
| Portuguese | Enquanto ele orava, mudou-se a aparência do seu rosto, e a sua roupa tornou-se branca e resplandecente. |
| Rumanian | Pe cknd Se ruga, I s`a schimbat knfqyiwarea feyei, wi kmbrqcqmintea I s`a fqcut albq strqlucitoare. |
| Shuar | Jesus auju pujus Nusháa iira ajattsarmiayi. Ni pushirisha ti puju Jíitsumir ajasmiayi. |
| Spanish | Y mientras oraba, la apariencia de su rostro se hizo otra, y sus vestiduras se hicieron blancas y resplandecientes. |
| Swahili | Alipokuwa akisali, sura yake ilibadilika, mavazi yake yakawa meupe na kung`aa sana. |
| Swedish | Och under det att han bad, blev hans ansikte förvandlat, och hans kläder blevo skinande vita. |
| Uma | Bula-na Yesus mosampaya, mobali' -mi lence-na, pai' pohea-na mewali mengea' meringkila'. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Misspellings | |
"Glistering" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Glikstein, Gluxstein, grislewing. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-g-g-i-i-l-n-r-s-t" | |
-1 letter: relisting. | |
-2 letters: gingelis, igniters, lignites, lingiest, nigglers, nitriles, resiling, resiting, retiling, riesling, ringgits, ringlets, sniggler, sterling, stingier, tinglers, tinglier. | |
-3 letters: giglets, gingeli, gingers, girlies, girting, glisten, glister, gristle, igniter, ignites, inliers, leggins, lignite, lingers, lingier, liniest, linters, lintier, listing, niggler, niggles, nitrile, nitrils, resting, ringgit, ringlet, serging, sieging, siltier, silting, singlet, slinger, snigger. | |
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