beglisten

B3E1G2L1I1S1T1E1N1

verb

To glisten all about.

Scrabble 12
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

verbbeglisten (third-person singular simple present beglistens, present participle beglistening, simple past and past participle beglistened)

present singular third person beglistens · participle present beglistening · participle past beglistened · past beglistened

  1. intransitiveTo glisten all about.

    I see a deep deep sky, Which wears a crown of gold-tipped clouds, In which beglisten stars.

    1998, Patience Worth, The Light from Beyond
  2. transitiveTo cause or make to glisten all about.

    But here, methinks, most witching-succulent For orgy of Elsinore, 't were this old wine Of Capri's isle, beglisten'd with aquamarine Of the groined grotto, where the naked diver Turns fish of silver, in the upslanting gold Of liquid-burning [...]

    1950, Percy MacKaye, The mystery of Hamlet, King of Denmark

Origin

From be- (“about”) + glisten.

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

beglisten. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beglisten

MLA

“beglisten.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beglisten. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “beglisten,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beglisten.

Source: beglisten on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.