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noun
A cross between a glove and a mitten, often in the form of a fingerless glove with an attached mitten-like flap that can be used to cover the fingers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
to glisten, to reflect, to shimmer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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History
Blend of glove + mitten.
From Middle English glitenen, from Old English glitnian, perhaps from Proto-Germanic *glitinōną, from a root cognate with Old Norse glitra + Proto-Germanic *-inōną. Ultimately from *ǵhel- (“to shine, shimmer, glow”). Related to Old English glisnian (“to glisten”), Old English glīdan (“to glide”). Largely displaced by glitter.
