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Shimmer

Shim′mer

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Shimmered
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Shimmering
.]
[OE.
schimeren
, AS.
scimerian
; akin to
scīmian
,
scīman
, to glitter, D.
schemeren
, G.
schimmern
, Dan.
skimre
, Sw.
skimra
, AS.
scīma
a light, brightness, Icel.
skīma
, Goth.
skeima
a torch, a lantern, and E.
shine
. √157. See
Shine
,
Verb.
I.
]
To shine with a tremulous or intermittent light; to shine faintly; to gleam; to glisten; to glimmer.
The
shimmering
glimpses of a stream.
Tennyson.

Shim′mer

,
Noun.
A faint, tremulous light; a gleaming; a glimmer.
TWo silver lamps, fed with perfumed oil, diffused . . . a trembling twilight-seeming
shimmer
through the quiet apartment.
Sir W. Scott.

Definition 2024


shimmer

shimmer

English

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

Synonyms

Translations

Noun

shimmer (plural shimmers)

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

Translations

References

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