v. & n.
--v.intr.
1. shine, esp. with a bright reflected light; sparkle.
2 (usu. foll. by with) a be showy or splendid (glittered with diamonds). b be ostentatious or flashily brilliant (glittering rhetoric).
--n.
1. a gleam; a sparkle.
2 showiness; splendour.
3 tiny pieces of sparkling material as on Christmas-tree decorations.
Derivatives:
glitteringly adv. glittery adj.
Etymology: ME f. ON glitra f. Gmc