glimmer
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 12
- Words With Friends
- 16
- Letters
- 7
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Definition of glimmer
6 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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(countable, uncountable)A faint light; a dim glow.
“The glimmer of the fireflies was pleasant to watch.”
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noun
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(countable, uncountable)A faint light; a dim glow.
“The glimmer of the fireflies was pleasant to watch.”
- (countable, uncountable)A flash of light.
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(countable, figuratively, uncountable)A faint or remote possibility (as it were a flash of light).
“After all, Harmony Korine has no more than a glimmer of talent.”
- (dated, uncountable)Mica.
- (countable, neologism, uncountable)A subtle, positive micromoment that evokes feelings of joy, safety, calm, or connection.
verb
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(intransitive)To shine with a faint, unsteady light.
“the glimmering dawn a glimmering lamp”
“The fireflies glimmered in the dark.”
“The west yet glimmers with some streaks of day.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English glimeren, glemeren (“to glimmer”), equivalent to glim (“to shine”) + -er (frequentative suffix). Cognate with German Low German glimmern (“to glimmer”), German glimmern (“to glimmer”), Danish glimre (“to glimmer”), Swedish glimra (“to glimmer”). Doublet of glimpse. Sense 5 was coined in the 2020s in analogy to trigger.
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