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glister

glis·ter

UK/ˈɡlɪstɚ/ uncommon archaic

noun

Origin

From Middle English glisteren, either borrowed from or related to Middle Low German and/or Middle Dutch glisteren; like a host of other Germanic words in gl- related to shining, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰley-.

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