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glitter | its |
A bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy; as, the glitter of arms; the glitter of royal equipage.
A shiny, decorative adornment, sometimes sprinkled on glue to make simple artwork.
To sparkle with light; to shine with a brilliant and broken light or showy luster; to gleam.
* Dryden
To be showy, specious, or striking, and hence attractive.
Belonging to it.
*, I.43:
* 1751 , G. Burnett, trans. Thomas More, Utopia :
* 1813 , Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice :
* 1989 , Jasper Becker and John Gittings, The Guardian , 5 Jun 1989:
The one (or ones) belonging to it.
* 1645 , Philip Wharton, 4th Baron Wharton,
* 2007 — Ian Austen,
* 1917 — Charles Henry Taylor,
1000 English basic words
As a noun glitter
is a bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy; as, the glitter of arms; the glitter of royal equipage.As a verb glitter
is to sparkle with light; to shine with a brilliant and broken light or showy luster; to gleam.As an initialism its is
(computing).glitter
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Noun
(en noun)Verb
(en verb)- a glittering sword
- the glittering ornaments on a Christmas tree
- The field yet glitters with the pomp of war.
- the glittering scenes of a court
Derived terms
* all that glitters is not goldits
English
(wikipedia its)Alternative forms
* it'sDeterminer
- The manner wherewith our Lawes assay to moderate the foolish and vaine expences of table-cheare and apparell, seemeth contrarie to it's end.
- since I have been at the Pains to write it, if he consents to it's being published I will follow my Friend's Advice, and chiefly yours.
- They descended the hill, crossed the bridge, and drove to the door; and, while examining the nearer aspect of the house, all her apprehensions of meeting its owner returned.
- The Chinese government is at war with its own people.
Pronoun
Letter to Ferdinando Fairfax, 6 February 1645:
- [...] both Houses have resolved to rob the North of a good friend of its and yours.
"Canadian Court Opens Up eBay Data to Tax Agency", New York Times , October 1, 2007:
- EBay Canada argued in court that the data sought by tax collectors was [sic ] not its to give.
History of the Board of Trade of the City of Chicago Vol.2 p.1259:
- ...the Board of Trade of Chicago can at least feel that it has played its part manfully and patriotically, and that no act of its has stood in the way of National victory.