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Definition of Glimmer
1. Noun. A flash of light (especially reflected light).
2. Verb. Shine brightly, like a star or a light. "The horizon is glimmering with lights"
3. Noun. A slight suggestion or vague understanding. ; "He had no inkling what was about to happen"
Generic synonyms: Suggestion
Derivative terms: Intimate, Intimate
Definition of Glimmer
1. v. i. To give feeble or scattered rays of light; to shine faintly; to show a faint, unsteady light; as, the glimmering dawn; a glimmering lamp.
2. n. A faint, unsteady light; feeble, scattered rays of light; also, a gleam.
Definition of Glimmer
1. Noun. A faint light; a dim glow. ¹
2. Noun. A flash of light. ¹
3. Noun. A faint or remote possibility. ¹
4. Noun. (mineralogy dated) mica ¹
5. Verb. (intransitive) To shine with a faint light. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Glimmer
1. to shine faintly or unsteadily [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Glimmer
Literary usage of Glimmer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"The west yet glimmer» with some streaks of day. Shot., Macbeth, ill. 3. The pools
No longer glimmer, ami the silvery streams Darken to veins of lead at thy ..."
2. Philosophical Transactions by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1805)
"Experiments on a Mineral Substance formerly supposed to be Zeolite; with some
Remarks on two Species of Uran-glimmer. By the Rev. William Gregor. ..."
3. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1904)
"... of ignorance and lust; but its faint glimmer guides his steps to the brink of
blank infidelity, and then the pale rays fade into blackest night. ..."
4. The Lady of the Lake by Walter Scott (1893)
"... So well was match'd the tartan screen With heath bell dark and brackens green;
Unless where, here and there, a blade, Or lance's point, a glimmer made, ..."
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