glimmer Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a flash of light (especially reflected light)
    gleam; gleaming.
  2. noun a slight suggestion or vague understanding
    glimmering; intimation; inkling.
    • he had no inkling what was about to happen
  3. verb shine brightly, like a star or a light
    gleam.

WordNet

Glim"mer intransitive verb
Etymology
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.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Glimmered ; present participle & verbal noun Glimmering
Definitions
  1. 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 noun
Definitions
  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. Tennyson.

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