Glitter
Glitter , intransitive verb
[Old English gliteren; akin to Swedish glittra, Icelandic glitra, glita, Anglo-Saxon glitenian, Old Saxon glītan, Old High German glīzzan, German gleissen, Gothic glitmunjan, and also to English 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.
2.
To be showy, specious, or striking, and hence attractive; as, the glittering scenes of a court.
Glitter , noun
A bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy; as, the glitter of arms; the glitter of royal equipage. — Milton