Glitter Meaning
/ˈɡlɪtə/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA bright, sparkling light; shininess or brilliance.
nounA shiny, decorative adornment, sometimes sprinkled on glue to make simple artwork.
Sentence Examples
The glitter of the sun hurts my eyes.
This ring has lost its glitter.
CEFR Practice Quiz
Her dress was covered with sparkles that ____ under the stage lights.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The young children used plenty of ____ and glue to decorate their handmade cards for the holiday party.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English gliteren, from Old Norse glitra, from Proto-Germanic *glitrōną (“to glitter”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰley-.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"As yet there had been no symptom of the news having any better foundation than in the fears of those who brought it, but The Boot had not been deserted five minutes, when there appeared, coming across the fields, a body of men who, it was easy to see, by the glitter of their arms and ornaments in the sun, and by their orderly and regular mode of advancing."
— 1841 February–November, Charles Dickens, “Barnaby Rudge. Chapter 57.”, in Master Humphrey’s Clock, volume III, London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC:
"This to them seems most like mother earth in color, and therefore best, as it is, to enhance the beauty of flowers instead of detracting from their exquisite shades. What a contrast to the glitter and show of our silver vases, which represent generally little else but their cost."
— 1913, Mary Averill, Japanese flower arrangement, Chapter 20:
"The field yet glitters with the pomp of war."
— 1697, Virgil, “The Second Book of the Georgics”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Her dress was covered with sparkles that ____ under the stage lights.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The young children used plenty of ____ and glue to decorate their handmade cards for the holiday party.