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shimmer Definition


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shimmer
verb
    intr
    shimmered, shimmering
    1. To shine tremulously and quiveringly with reflected light; to glisten.
      Thesaurus: glisten, glow, twinkle, sparkle, glimmer, shine, gleam, scintillate, phosphoresce.
noun
    1. A tremulous or quivering gleam of reflected light.
Derivative: shimmery
adj
    Etymology: Anglo-Saxon scimerian, from scimian to shine.



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