Definition of Glittered

1. Verb. (past of glitter) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Glittered

1. glitter [v] - See also: glitter

Lexicographical Neighbors of Glittered

glitazones
glitch
glitchcore
glitched
glitches
glitchier
glitchiest
glitching
glitchy
glits
glitter
glitter cells
glitter rock
glitterand
glitterati
glittered
glitterier
glitteriest
glittering
glittering generalities
glittering generality
glitteringly
glitters
glittery
glitz
glitzed
glitzes
glitzier
glitziest
glitzily

Literary usage of Glittered

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of Similes by Frank Jenners Wilstach (1916)
"Glittered like spun glass. — IBID. Robes glitter like young sedge grass. — IBID. Glittered in the gloom Like a gilt epitaph within a tomb. — AMBROSE BIERCE. ..."

2. The Wings of the Dove by Henry James (1902)
"... splendid service—the flocking crowd told of it— which glittered and resounded, from distant depths, in the blaze of altar-lights and the swell of organ ..."

3. The Poet at the Breakfast-table: He Talks with His Fellow-boarders and the by Oliver Wendell Holmes (1891)
"He brought to me in his hand something which glittered. It was an exquisite diamond beetle. — If you could get that to her, — he said, — they tell me that ..."

4. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1847)
"... blade of grass in the paddock, and streamed in golden pencils through the open window of the cottage, it glittered upon his cheek like raindrops. ..."

5. John L. Stoddard's Lectures: Illustrated and Embellished with Views of the by John Lawson Stoddard (1901)
"... boundary of the Continent held aloft and kept aflame the torch of Christian faith, and glittered like a star upon the dark horizon of the western world. ..."

6. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"... it had the wings of an eagle, spoke with the voice of a man, and glittered all over with radiant light. This creature was received into Paradise. ..."

7. English Sonnets by Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch (1897)
"... A thousand times this pipe did Tasso sound; With it Camb'ens soothed an exile's grief; The Sonnet glittered a gay myrtle leaf Amid the cypress with ..."

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