shimmer

English

Etymology

From Middle English schimeren, from Old English sċymrian, sċimrian, sċimerian, from Proto-Germanic *skimarōną.

Verb

shimmer (third-person singular simple present shimmers, present participle shimmering, simple past and past participle shimmered)

  1. (intransitive) To shine with a veiled, tremulous, or intermittent light; to gleam faintly; to glisten; to glimmer.
    • Tennyson
      the shimmering glimpses of a stream

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Noun

shimmer (plural shimmers)

  1. A faint or veiled and tremulous gleam or shining; a glimmer.

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References

  • shimmer in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
  • shimmer in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
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