agleam

Words with a similar base: agleam

'agleam'

[agleam.s.01] as in: bright with a steady but subdued shining

Examples:
from the plane we saw the city below agleam with lights
the gleaming brass on the altar
Nereids beneath the nitid moon

Origins

					agleam (English)
├── a- (English)
│   ├── a- (Anglo-Norman)
│   │   └── e- (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
│   │       └── ex- (Latin)
│   ├── a- (Middle English (1100-1500))
│   │   └── a- (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
│   ├── ab (Latin)
│   └── ἀ- (Ancient Greek (to 1453))
└── gleam (English)

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