Third person singular present tense of glister; shines or sparkles brightly.
From glister + third person singular present suffix '-s'. Standard English conjugation of the verb glister.
In Shakespeare's famous line about fool's gold, the verb 'glisters' does double duty—it both describes the shine AND mimics the sound of glittering with those 'gl' and 's' consonants!
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