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shim⋅mer

  [shim-er]
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–verb (used without object)
1. to shine with or reflect a subdued, tremulous light; gleam faintly.
2. to appear to quiver or vibrate in faint light or while reflecting heat waves.
–noun
3. a subdued, tremulous light or gleam.
4. a quivering or vibrating motion or image as produced by reflecting faint light or heat waves.
Origin:
bef. 1100; ME schimeren, s(c)hemeren, OE scimrian; c. D schemeren, G schimmern to glisten

Related forms:
shim⋅mer⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. glimmer. See glisten.
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shim·mer   (shĭm'ər)   
intr.v.   shim·mered, shim·mer·ing, shim·mers

  1. To shine with a subdued flickering light. See Synonyms at flash.

  2. To appear as a wavering or flickering image, as in a reflection on water or through heat waves in air.

n.  A flickering or tremulous light; a glimmer.

[Middle English shimeren, from Old English scimerian.]
shim'mer·ing·ly adv., shim'mer·y adj.
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Word Origin & History

shimmer 
O.E. scimerian "to glitter," related to (perhaps a frequentative of) scimian "to shine," also "grow dark," and scinan (see shine). Ultimately from P.Gmc. *skim- (cf. Swed. skimra, Du. schemeren "to glitter," Ger. schimmern), from PIE base *skai- "to gleam, to shine." The noun is attested from 1821, from the verb.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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