aglitter

English

Etymology

a- +‎ glitter

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈɡlɪtɚ/
• Rhymes: -ɪtɚ

Adjective

aglitter (not comparable)

1. Glittering.
   • 1832 July, John Wilson, “Christopher at the Lakes”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume 32, number 196, page 121:

     The grass must have been growing during the night, for it is tickling our bare ankles; and sure of all coolness, none so refreshing to the frame as that which follows one’s foot-prints on meadow aglitter with morning dews.

   • 1912, Mary Austin, chapter 4, in A Woman of Genius‎^[1], Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page, page 38:

     a light buggy, all aglitter from point to point of its natty furnishings, drew up at our gate

   • 1968, Samuel R. Delany, chapter 1, in Nova, New York: Vintage, published 2002, page 14:

     […] by now his black eyes were aglitter with stars.

   • 2008, Toni Morrison, A Mercy‎^[2], New York: Knopf, page 89:

     The blacksmith was long gone, his ironwork aglitter like a gate to heaven.