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. glītan, OHG. glīzzan, G. gleissen, Goth. glitmunjan, and also to E. glint, glisten, and prob. glance, gleam.]
1. To sparkle with light; to shine with a brilliant and broken light or showy luster; to gleam; as, a glittering sword.
The field yet glitters with the pomp of war. Dryden.
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.