glistering

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

glistering
    adj 1: having brief brilliant points or flashes of light; "bugle
           beads all aglitter"; "glinting eyes"; "glinting water";
           "his glittering eyes were cold and malevolent"; "shop
           window full of glittering Christmas trees"; "glittery
           costume jewelry"; "scintillant mica"; "the scintillating
           stars"; "a dress with sparkly sequins"; "`glistering' is
           an archaic term" [syn: {aglitter(p)}, {coruscant},
           {fulgid}, {glinting}, {glistering}, {glittering},
           {glittery}, {scintillant}, {scintillating}, {sparkly}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Glister \Glis"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Glistered}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Glistering}.] [OE. glistren; akin to G.
   glistern,glinstern, D. glinsteren, and E. glisten. See
   {Glisten}.]
   To be bright; to sparkle; to be brilliant; to shine; to
   glisten; to glitter.
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         All that glisters is not gold.           --Shak.
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