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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Glitter \Glit"ter\, verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {Glittered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Glittering}.] [OE. gliteren; akin to Sw. glittra, Icel. glitra, glita, AS. glitenian, OS. gl[=i]tan, OHG. gl[=i]zzan, 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}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
glittering
adjective: having brief brilliant points or flashes of light; "bugle beads all aglitter"; "glinting eyes"; "glinting water"; "his glittering eyes were cold and malevolent"; "shop window full of glittering Christmas trees"; "glittery costume jewelry"; "scintillant mica"; "the scintillating stars"; "a dress with sparkly sequins"; "'glistering' is an archaic term" [syn: {aglitter(p)}, {coruscant}, {fulgid}, {glinting}, {glistering}, {glittery}, {scintillant}, {scintillating}, {sparkling(a)}, {sparkly}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
43 Moby Thesaurus words for "glittering": blinking, blinky, brave, bravura, braw, chichi, coruscant, coruscating, daring, dashing, dressy, exhibitionistic, flashing, flashy, flaunting, frilly, frothy, gallant, gay, glimmering, glimmerous, glimmery, glistening, glistering, glittery, jaunty, jazzy, rakish, scintillant, scintillating, scintillescent, shimmering, shimmery, showy, snazzy, spangly, sparkling, splashy, splurgy, sporty, tinselly, twinkling, twinkly
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