glitter

pronunciation

How to pronounce glitter in British English: UK [ˈɡlɪtə(r)]word uk audio image

How to pronounce glitter in American English: US [ˈɡlɪtər] word us audio image

  • Noun:
    the quality of glittering or sparkling brightly
    the occurrence of a small flash or spark
  • Verb:
    be shiny, as if wet

Word Origin

glitter
glitter: [14] Glitter goes back to a Germanic *glit-, denoting ‘shining, bright’, which also produced German glitzern ‘sparkle’ (source of English glitz) and gleissen ‘glisten’ and Swedish glittra ‘glitter’. English probably acquired it via Old Norse glitra.=> glitz
glitter (v.)
c. 1300, glideren (late 14c. as gliteren), from an unrecorded Old English word or from a Scandinavian source such as Old Norse glitra "to glitter," from Proto-Germanic *glit- "shining, bright" (cognates: Old English glitenian "to glitter, shine; be distinguished," Old High German glizzan, German glitzern, Gothic glitmunjan), from PIE *ghleid- (cognates: Greek khlidon, khlidos "ornament"), from root *ghel- (2) "to shine," with derivatives referring to bright materials and gold (see glass (n.)). Related: Glittered; glittering. Other Middle English words for "to glitter" include glasteren and glateren.
glitter (n.)
c. 1600, "sparkling or scintillating light," from glitter (v.). As "sparkling powdery substance" used in ornamentation, by 1956. Glitter rock is from 1972.

Example

1. Use markers , glitter and construction paper to decorate the tube .
2. Careful lighting was crucuial to show the diamond-like glitter of the crystals .
3. Use buttons , glitter , stickers and markers to decorate the can .
4. It was a halfway life , congenial enough , but with neither glitter nor grandeur .
5. We look at the glitter of the paint , where kalf has captured the translucent sheen of glass , at the curving brightness of his lemon peel , the rugged texture of the woven fabric .

more: >How to Use "glitter" with Example Sentences