"aglitter" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /əˈɡlɪtɚ/
Rhymes: -ɪtɚ Etymology: From a- + glitter. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|a|glitter}} a- + glitter Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} aglitter (not comparable)
  1. Glittering. Tags: not-comparable
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          "ref": "1832 July, John Wilson, “Christopher at the Lakes”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume 32, number 196, page 121:",
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          "ref": "1912, Mary Austin, chapter 4, in A Woman of Genius, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page, page 38:",
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          "text": "[…] by now his black eyes were aglitter with stars.",
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          "ref": "2008, Toni Morrison, A Mercy, New York: Knopf, page 89:",
          "text": "The blacksmith was long gone, his ironwork aglitter like a gate to heaven.",
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