Category:Shimmer

Shim"mer, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Shimmered; p. pr. & vb. n. Shimmering.] Etym: [oe. schimeren, as. scimerian; akin to scimian, sciman, to Glitter, d. schemeren, g. schimmern, dan. skimre, sw. skimra, as. Scima a light, brightness, icel. skima, goth. skeima a torch, a Lantern, and e. shine. sq. root157. See shine, v. i.]

Defn: to shine with a tremulous or intermittent light; to shine Faintly; to gleam; to glisten; to glimmer. The shimmering glimpses of a stream. Tennyson.

Shimmer Shim"mer, n.

Defn: a faint, tremulous light; a gleaming; a glimmer. Two silver lamps, fed with perfumed oil, diffused. . . a trembling Twilight-seeming shimmer through the quiet apartment. Sir w. Scott.