shimmer
pronunciation
How to pronounce shimmer in British English:
UK [ˈʃɪmə(r)]
How to pronounce shimmer in American English:
US [ˈʃɪmɚ]
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- Noun:
- a weak and tremulous light
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- Verb:
- shine with a weak or fitful light
- give off a shimmering reflection, as of silk
Word Origin
- shimmer
- shimmer: [OE] Shimmer goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *skim- (source also of German schimmern ‘glitter, gleam’). This was an extension of the base *ski-, from which English gets sheer and shine.=> sheer, shine
- shimmer (n.)
- "a tremulous light," 1821, from shimmer (v.).
- shimmer (v.)
- Old English scimerian "to glitter, shimmer, glisten, shine," related to (perhaps a frequentative of) scimian "to shine," from Proto-Germanic *skim- (cognates: Swedish skimra, Dutch schemeren "to glitter," German schimmern), from PIE root *skai- "to gleam, to shine" (see shine (v.). Related: Shimmered; shimmering.
Example
- 1. The shimmer and sheen of both fabric and skin depend on the geometry of their internal structures-the exact arrangement of threads or protein fibres .
- 2. From yonder comes a babilicous swimmer who " in a silent silver shimmer " plants a wet one right on pout-pout 's snout , turning " his dreary-wearies " into " cheery-cheeries " just like that .
- 3. Gold shimmer softens the look of deep violet .
- 4. Shimmer complete family pack fonts .
- 5. Sometimes , in the shimmer of the desert heat , you can almost see these shapes .