"aglitter" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /əˈɡlɪtɚ/
Rhymes: -ɪtɚ Etymology: a- + glitter Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|a|glitter}} a- + glitter Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} aglitter (not comparable)
  1. Glittering. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-aglitter-en-adj-4XZXLWF4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with a-

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          "ref": "1832 July, John Wilson, “Christopher at the Lakes”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume 32, number 196, page 121",
          "text": "The grass must have been growing during the night, for it is tickling our bare ankles; and sure of all coolness, none so refreshing to the frame as that which follows one’s foot-prints on meadow aglitter with morning dews.",
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          "ref": "1912, Mary Austin, chapter 4, in A Woman of Genius, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page, page 38",
          "text": "a light buggy, all aglitter from point to point of its natty furnishings, drew up at our gate",
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          "ref": "1968, Samuel R. Delany, chapter 1, in Nova, New York: Vintage, published 2002, page 14",
          "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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