GLIMMER

inkling, intimation, glimmering, glimmer

(noun) a slight suggestion or vague understanding; “he had no inkling what was about to happen”

gleam, gleaming, glimmer

(noun) a flash of light (especially reflected light)

gleam, glimmer

(verb) shine brightly, like a star or a light

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

glimmer (plural glimmers)

A faint light; a dim glow.

A flash of light.

A faint or remote possibility.

(dated) mica

Synonyms

• (flash of light): sparkle

Verb

glimmer (third-person singular simple present glimmers, present participle glimmering, simple past and past participle glimmered)

(intransitive) To shine with a faint, unsteady light.

Synonyms

• (shine with faint unsteady light): flicker, shimmer, twinkle

Source: Wiktionary

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Glim"mer, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Glimmered; p. pr. & vb. n. Glimmering.] Etym: [Akin to G. glimmer a faint, trembling light, mica, glimmern to glimmer, glimmen to shine faintly, glow, Sw. glimma, Dan. glimre, D. glimmen, glimpen. See Gleam a ray, and cf. Glimpse.]

Definition: To give feeble or scattered rays of light; to shine faintly; to show a faint, unsteady light; as, the glimmering dawn; a glimmering lamp. The west yet glimmers with some streaks of day. Shak.

Syn.

– To gleam; to glitter. See Gleam, Flash.

Glim"mer, n.

1. A faint, unsteady light; feeble, scattered rays of light; also, a gleam. Gloss of satin and glimmer of pearls. Tennyson.

2. Mica. See Mica. Woodsward. Glimmer gowk, an owl. [Prov. Eng.] Tennyson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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