Definitions
shine brightly, like a star or a light
Word origin
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.
Used in a sentence
“The glimmer of the fireflies was pleasant to watch.”
“After all, Harmony Korine has no more than a glimmer of talent.”
“the glimmering dawn a glimmering lamp”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Faint light”7 letters
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