[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

glitter \glit"ter\, v. i. imp.  p. p. glittered; p. pr. 
   vb. n. glittering. oe. gliteren; akin to sw. glittra,
   icel. glitra, glita, as. glitenian, os. glimactan, ohg.
   glimaczzan, g. gleissen, goth. glitmunjan, and also to e.
   glint, glisten, and prob. glance, gleam.
   1913 webster
   1. to sparkle with light; to shine with a brilliant and
      broken light or showy luster; to gleam; as, a glittering
      sword.
      1913 webster

            the field yet glitters with the pomp of war.
                                                  --dryden.
      1913 webster

   2. to be showy, specious, or striking, and hence attractive;
      as, the glittering scenes of a court.

   syn: to gleam; to glisten; to shine; to sparkle; to glare.
        see gleam, flash.
        1913 webster
see also:
glittered glittering gleam flash 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

glittering
     adj : 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: aglitterp,
           coruscant, fulgid, glinting, glistering, glittery,
            scintillant, scintillating, sparklinga, sparkly
see also:
aglitterp coruscant fulgid glinting glistering glittery 
scintillant scintillating sparklinga sparkly 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

43 moby thesaurus words for "glittering":
   blinking, blinky, brave, bravura, braw, chichi, coruscant,
   coruscating, daring, dashing, dressy, exhibitionistic, flashing,
   flashy, flaunting, frilly, frothy, gallant, gay, glimmering,
   glimmerous, glimmery, glistening, glistering, glittery, jaunty,
   jazzy, rakish, scintillant, scintillating, scintillescent,
   shimmering, shimmery, showy, snazzy, spangly, sparkling, splashy,
   splurgy, sporty, tinselly, twinkling, twinkly

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