glimmering
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noun
1.
a faint or unsteady light; gleam.
2.
a dim perception; inkling.
verb (used without object)
3.
to shine faintly or unsteadily; twinkle, shimmer, or flicker.
4.
to appear faintly or dimly.
Origin:
1300–50; Middle English glimeren to gleam; cognate with German glimmern; compare Old English gleomu splendor
1300–50; Middle English glimeren to gleam; cognate with German glimmern; compare Old English gleomu splendor
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| —vb | |
| 1. | (of a light, candle, etc) to glow faintly or flickeringly |
| 2. | to be indicated faintly: hope glimmered in his face |
| —n | |
| 3. | a glow or twinkle of light |
| 4. | a faint indication |
| [C14: compare Middle High German glimmern, Swedish glimra, Danish glimre] | |
| 'glimmeringly | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
glimmer
early 14c., frequentative of P.Gmc. *glim-, root of O.E. glæm "brightness" (see gleam). Originally "shine brightly," sense shifted 15c. to "shine faintly."
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Example sentences
And of course there was the glimmering prospect of a shortcut to citizenship.
Picture the world's oceans, glimmering sapphire under the heat of the sun and the protection of the ozone layer.
They have gone glimmering through the dreams of things that were.
The whole subject is a network of riddles-a network with solutions glimmering elusively through.
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