Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

beglisten

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: beglis-ten
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To glisten all about.

Intransitive verb

verb

To cause or make to glisten all about.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

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

Etymology

From be- (“about”) + glisten.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: be

Usage

Inflected Forms

beglistens (present, singular) beglistening (participle, present) beglistened (participle, past) beglistened (past)

Questions

What does beglisten mean?: To glisten all about.
Where does beglisten come from?: From be- (“about”) + glisten.

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