glitterance

== English == === Etymology === From glitter +‎ -ance. Coined by Robert Southey in his 1801 Thalaba the Destroyer. === Noun === glitterance (plural glitterances) (poetic) a glittering, a sparkling with light 1814, Dante Alighieri, trans. Henry Francis Cary, The Divine Comedy, canto 21: As the rooks, at dawn of day,Bestirring them to dry their feathers chill,Some speed their way a-field; and homeward some,Returning, cross their flight; while some abide,And wheel around their airy lodge: so seem’dThat glitterance, wafted on alternate wing,As upon certain stair it came, and clash’dIts shining. ==== Related terms ==== glitterant