shimmer
English
Etymology
From Middle English schimeren, from Old English sċymrian, sċimrian, sċimerian, from Proto-Germanic *skimarōną.
Verb
shimmer (third-person singular simple present shimmers, present participle shimmering, simple past and past participle shimmered)
Translations
to shine with a veiled light; to gleam faintly; to glisten; to glimmer
Translations
faint or veiled and tremulous gleam or shining; a glimmer
References
- shimmer in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- shimmer in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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