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


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


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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Word of the Day

10 June 2025

COMMUNICATIONS

(noun) the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.); “communications is his major field of study”


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