shimmer

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English

Etymology

Old English scymrian or Norse skimi.

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.

Translations

to shine with a veiled light; to gleam faintly; to glisten; to glimmer

Dutch: glimmen (nl) German: schimmern (de)

Italian: luccicare (it) Norwegian: skimre (no), skimra (no)

Noun

shimmer (plural shimmers)

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

Translations

faint or veiled and tremulous gleam or shining; a glimmer

German: Schimmer m., Schimmern n.

References

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