agleamadj.adv.
/əˈɡliːm/, U.S. /əˈɡlim/ A. adj.
In predicative use: gleaming.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > light > light emitted in particular manner > [adjective] > gleaming, glimmering, or flickering
levininga1340
leaming1387
gloringa1400
gleamingc1400
glimpsing1551
shimmering1558
glooming1579
brandishing1581
gleamy1593
glancing1596
glimmering1600
flickering1608
flashing1616
blinking1681
glimmerous1793
skimmeringa1800
aglimmer1828
agleam1854
aglint1871
aglance1880
glinting1883
shimmery1883
glimmery1906
1854 J. S. Bigg Night & Soul i. 17 All grief is but a jagged shred Of the dark robe that is agleam with gems.
1870 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows 380 Those faces..agleam with pale intellectual light.
1950 Rotarian May 64/3 Across the valley, the house in which he dwelled was agleam with windows of gold!
1998 S. Suberman Jew Store (2001) xix. 207 As if the copper of her hair had descended into her cheeks, her face was agleam.
B. adv.
So as to gleam.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > light > light emitted in particular manner > [adverb] > in a gleaming, glimmering, or flickering manner
glimmeringly1561
aglimmer1840
flickeringly1840
gleamingly1847
agleam1867
dancingly1892
aglint1905
a-shimmer1926
shimmeringly1934
1867 Once a Week 12 Oct. 427/1 Standing stark-naked in bone, which the star-light sets a-gleam.
1903 J. H. Boner Poems 61 An old hag of ninety was crouched by a fire, Resenting encroachment with evident ire Till her eyes,..Grew agleam at the sight of the guest's saddle-bags!
1990 J. Dailey Masquerade iii. 12 Sunlight streamed through the hospital window, setting agleam the shiny satin fabric the young nurse held up for her inspection.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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