glimmer

pronunciation

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  • Noun:
    a flash of light (especially reflected light)
    a slight suggestion or vague understanding
  • Verb:
    shine brightly, like a star or a light

Word Origin

glimmer
glimmer: see gleam
glimmer (v.)
late 14c., "to shine brightly;" early 15c., "to shine dimly," perhaps from or related to Middle Dutch glimmen, Middle Low German glimmern, from an extended (frequentative?) form of Proto-Germanic *glim-, root of Old English glæm "brightness" (see gleam (n.)). Sense shifted 15c. to "shine faintly." Compare Dutch glimmeren, German glimmeren "to shine dimly." Related: Glimmered; glimmering.
glimmer (n.)
1580s, "a faint, wavering light," from glimmer (v.).

Example

1. Gold 's glimmer still lights a trail of devastation .
2. One glimmer of hope appears with china 's new leadership .
3. I looked at her and felt a glimmer of hope .
4. After so many long years of hopelessness , they represent a small glimmer of light for the people of a dark land .
5. The future that is beginning to glimmer on the horizon has better rules of engagement in our financial systems and a greater commitment to the common good .

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