Part of speech: Adjective (satellite)
having brief brilliant points or flashes of light
Example: bugle beads all aglitter; glinting eyes; glinting water; his glittering eyes were cold and malevolent; shop window full of glittering Christmas trees; glittery costume jewelry; scintillant mica; the scintillating stars; a dress with sparkly sequins; `glistering' is an archaic term
The word "fulgid" comes from Latin fulgidus.
Church Latin preserved classical vocabulary and spread it through religious texts worldwide.