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glisten

glis·ten

UK/ˈɡlɪsən/ US/ˈɡlɪsʌn/ fairly common

verb

1.

be shiny, as if wet

  • “His eyes were glistening”

noun

Origin

From Middle English glisnen, glistnen, from Old English glisnian, itself from Proto-West Germanic *glisnōn, while ultimately deriving from Proto-Germanic *glisnōną.

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