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GLISTER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does glister mean? 

GLISTER (noun)
  The noun GLISTER has 1 sense:

1. the quality of shining with a bright reflected lightplay

  Familiarity information: GLISTER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GLISTER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The quality of shining with a bright reflected light

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

glisten; glister; glitter; scintillation; sparkle

Hypernyms ("glister" is a kind of...):

brightness (the location of a visual perception along a continuum from black to white)


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