Third person singular present tense of 'glisten,' meaning it shines with soft reflected light.
From 'glisten' with the third person singular '-s' suffix. Maintains the same Old Norse or Germanic etymological roots as the base verb form.
The famous opening line of 'Twas the Night Before Christmas' uses this: 'the moonlight on the breast of the new-fallen snow'—not 'glistens' directly, but the whole poem is about surfaces that glisten, making glistening central to Christmas imagery worldwide.
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