glimmeringn.

/ˈɡlɪmərɪŋ/

Etymology: See -ing suffix¹.

a. The action of glimmer v.; the shining of a faint or wavering light; a twinkle.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > light emitted in particular manner > [noun] > gleam, glimmer, or flicker > gleaming, glimmering, or flickering

leaming1387

shimmeringc1405

gleamingc1440

glimmeringc1440

skimmeringc1440

glimpsing1563

gloringa1652

flickering1816

glancing1832

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 199/1 Glymerynge of lyghte..lucubrum.

a1535 T. More Dialoge of Comfort (1553) ii. vii. sig. H.i^v By the glimuring of the moone he had espyed..them hymselfe.

1629 J. Gaule Practique Theories Christs Predict. 90 Can a Light be shrouded vnder a Bushel, and yeald no glimmering?

a1771 T. Gray tr. T. Tasso in Wks. (1814) II. 91 The watery glimmerings of a fainter day Discovered half, and half concealed their way.

1803 W. Wordsworth Green Linnet iv Shadows and sunny glimmerings, That cover him all over.

1843 W. H. Prescott Hist. Conquest Mexico I. ii. iv. 284 At the first glimmering of light he mustered his army.

1868 W. Lockyer & J. N. Lockyer tr. A. Guillemin Heavens (ed. 3) 4 Milky Ways..so distant that the most powerful instruments were able only to distinguish a confused glimmering.

figurative.c1440 W. Hylton Scala Perfeccionis (1494) i. xlviii Yf thou maye in clennes of conscyence fele þe homely and the peesful presence of that blessed man Jhesu Cryste as a shadowe or a glemeryng of hym.1641 R. Carpenter Experience, Hist., & Divinitie ii. xi. 228 Look upon him in his Transfiguration, and admire the beautifull glimmerings of his Godhead.1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 120. ¶15 Without the least Glimmerings of Thought or common Sense.1739 J. Sparrow tr. H. F. Le Dran Observ. Surg. xvii. 64 The Patient had a Glimmering of Sense.a1745 J. Swift Let. from Grand Mistress Free-Masons in Wks. (1765) XII. 267 For our guardian will have it so, that the pagan priesthood was always in the druids or masons, and that there was a perceivable glimmering of the jewish rites in it, though much corrupted.1867 F. M. Müller Chips from German Workshop II. xvi. 104 A strange glimmering of the old mythe in the mind of the poet.1871 L. Stephen Playground of Europe i. 35 It is quite possible for a scoffer at the Alps..to have glimmerings of good taste in other departments .

†b. A glance, a look. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > a look or glance > [noun]

eie wurpc950

laitc1175

looka1200

lecha1250

sightc1275

insighta1375

blushc1390

castc1400

glentc1400

blenkc1440

regardc1450

ray1531

beam of sight1579

eye-beam1583

eyewink1591

blink1594

aspecta1616

benda1616

eyeshot1615

eye-casta1669

twire1676

ken1736

Magdalene-look1752

glimmering1759

deek1833

wink1847

deck1853

vision1855

pipe1865

skeg1876

dekko1894

screw1904

slant1911

gander1914

squiz1916

butcher's hook1934

butcher's1936

gawk1940

bo-peep1941

nose1976

1759 Compl. Let.-writer (ed. 6) 225 His odious smiles and glimmerings..were thrown away upon her.

2. A partial view, of either a material or immaterial object; a glimpse, an inkling; a faint notion.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > faint, imperfect idea > [noun]

glimmeringc1380

glimpse1570

impression1613

sense1655

idea1712

conception1796

feeling1811

glimmer1837

a gleam (also glint, twinkle) in a person's eye1934

c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 339 Þis kunne we not knowe ful certeyne, but han glymeryng & supposyng.

1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur xi. xiv Syre Percyuale hadde a glemerynge of the vessel and of the mayden that bare hit.

1549 H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie 5th Serm. sig. Ovii I haue but a glymmeringe of it. Yet in generally, I remember y^e scope of it.

a1639 H. Wotton Short View Life Duke of Buckingham (1642) 6 On the way..the baggage post boy, who had been at Court, got (I know not how) a glimering who they were; But his mouth was easily shut.

1851–9 G. B. Airy Pop. Astron. (1868) vi. 236 It is only possible to give a glimmering of what I desire to convey.

1871 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1876) IV. xviii. 176 We get glimmerings of fighting on the borders of these shires.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

glimmeringadj.

/ˈɡlɪmərɪŋ/

Etymology: See -ing suffix².

1. That glimmers (see the verb).

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > light emitted in particular manner > [adjective] > glittering or sparkling

sparkling?c1225

glising1340

glimmeringa1375

glistening1388

glistering1398

glitteringa1400

coruscantc1485

twinkling1508

flankering1577

fire-darting1594

glitterous1596

scintillant1611

winkinga1616

micant1657

scintillating1664

spangling1665

besparklinga1674

skinkling1790

spunky1791

micacious1797

glistery1806

spark-like1814

spangly1818

emicatious1819

sparky1827

aglitter1828

ablaze1851

aglist1858

scintillescent1860

aglisten1867

glittery1880

twinkly1884

sparkly1922

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

a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 1427 Þe messageres..were arayde..al in glimerand gold.

a1500 (?a1400) Sir Torrent of Portyngale (1887) l. 427 Yt ys ase glemyrryng ase the glase.

1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream ii. i. 77 Didst not thou lead him through the glimmering night.

1649 Bp. J. Hall Humble Motion to Parl. 12 Their glimmering notions were but lighted at our candle.

1682 H. More Glanvil's Sad. Triumph. in Contin. Remark. Stories 60 A glimmering light appeared all about the Room.

1751 T. Gray Elegy ii. 5 Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight.

1800 Major Allan Acct. Interview Princes in A. Beatson View War with Tippoo Sultaun App. p. cxxxi By a faint glimmering light it was difficult for the killedar to recognize the features.

1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess Concl. 164 Little Lilia, rising without sound, Disrobed the glimmering statue of Sir Ralph From those rich silks.

1879 R. C. Trench Poems 3 Some lone fisher, that has stood For days beside the glimmering flood.

†2. glimmering mort [see glimmer n.¹ 3a] : a woman who travels the country begging, saying that she has lost her all by fire: = glimmerer n. Obsolete slang.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > poverty > mendicancy > [noun] > beggar > female > defrauding others

glimmerer1567

glimmering mort1567

1567 T. Harman Caueat for Commen Cursetors (new ed.) sig. Eii This glimmering Morte..Thys glymmeringe glauncer.

Derivatives

ˈglimmeringly adv.

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

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > imperfect perception > [adverb]

blindlyc893

blindlinga1225

purblindly?1575

glimmeringly1665

short-sightedly1853

1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. i. f. 5 The darke myste of malice dooth choke..those sparkes, that glimmeringly shined to make them see the glorie of God.

1665 G. Wither Medit. upon Lords Prayer 41 I have such a strong desire to express what I glimmeringly apprehend of it.

1820 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 6 529 The more faintly and glimmeringly one object, as it were, melted into another.

1868 R. Browning Ring & Bk. I. i. 32 Glimmeringly did a pack of were-wolves pad The snow.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	glimmering
释义	glimmeringn. /ˈɡlɪmərɪŋ/ Etymology: See -ing suffix¹. 1. a. The action of glimmer v.; the shining of a faint or wavering light; a twinkle. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > light emitted in particular manner > [noun] > gleam, glimmer, or flicker > gleaming, glimmering, or flickering leaming1387 shimmeringc1405 gleamingc1440 glimmeringc1440 skimmeringc1440 glimpsing1563 gloringa1652 flickering1816 glancing1832 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 199/1 Glymerynge of lyghte..lucubrum. a1535 T. More Dialoge of Comfort (1553) ii. vii. sig. H.i^v By the glimuring of the moone he had espyed..them hymselfe. 1629 J. Gaule Practique Theories Christs Predict. 90 Can a Light be shrouded vnder a Bushel, and yeald no glimmering? a1771 T. Gray tr. T. Tasso in Wks. (1814) II. 91 The watery glimmerings of a fainter day Discovered half, and half concealed their way. 1803 W. Wordsworth Green Linnet iv Shadows and sunny glimmerings, That cover him all over. 1843 W. H. Prescott Hist. Conquest Mexico I. ii. iv. 284 At the first glimmering of light he mustered his army. 1868 W. Lockyer & J. N. Lockyer tr. A. Guillemin Heavens (ed. 3) 4 Milky Ways..so distant that the most powerful instruments were able only to distinguish a confused glimmering. figurative.c1440 W. Hylton Scala Perfeccionis (1494) i. xlviii Yf thou maye in clennes of conscyence fele þe homely and the peesful presence of that blessed man Jhesu Cryste as a shadowe or a glemeryng of hym.1641 R. Carpenter Experience, Hist., & Divinitie ii. xi. 228 Look upon him in his Transfiguration, and admire the beautifull glimmerings of his Godhead.1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 120. ¶15 Without the least Glimmerings of Thought or common Sense.1739 J. Sparrow tr. H. F. Le Dran Observ. Surg. xvii. 64 The Patient had a Glimmering of Sense.a1745 J. Swift Let. from Grand Mistress Free-Masons in Wks. (1765) XII. 267 For our guardian will have it so, that the pagan priesthood was always in the druids or masons, and that there was a perceivable glimmering of the jewish rites in it, though much corrupted.1867 F. M. Müller Chips from German Workshop II. xvi. 104 A strange glimmering of the old mythe in the mind of the poet.1871 L. Stephen Playground of Europe i. 35 It is quite possible for a scoffer at the Alps..to have glimmerings of good taste in other departments . †b. A glance, a look. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > a look or glance > [noun] eie wurpc950 laitc1175 looka1200 lecha1250 sightc1275 insighta1375 blushc1390 castc1400 glentc1400 blenkc1440 regardc1450 ray1531 view1546 beam of sight1579 eye-beam1583 eyewink1591 blink1594 aspecta1616 benda1616 eyeshot1615 eye-casta1669 twire1676 ken1736 Magdalene-look1752 glimmering1759 deek1833 wink1847 deck1853 vision1855 pipe1865 skeg1876 dekko1894 screw1904 slant1911 gander1914 squiz1916 butcher's hook1934 butcher's1936 gawk1940 bo-peep1941 nose1976 1759 Compl. Let.-writer (ed. 6) 225 His odious smiles and glimmerings..were thrown away upon her. 2. A partial view, of either a material or immaterial object; a glimpse, an inkling; a faint notion. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > faint, imperfect idea > [noun] glimmeringc1380 glimpse1570 impression1613 sense1655 idea1712 conception1796 feeling1811 glimmer1837 a gleam (also glint, twinkle) in a person's eye1934 c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 339 Þis kunne we not knowe ful certeyne, but han glymeryng & supposyng. 1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur xi. xiv Syre Percyuale hadde a glemerynge of the vessel and of the mayden that bare hit. 1549 H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie 5th Serm. sig. Ovii I haue but a glymmeringe of it. Yet in generally, I remember y^e scope of it. a1639 H. Wotton Short View Life Duke of Buckingham (1642) 6 On the way..the baggage post boy, who had been at Court, got (I know not how) a glimering who they were; But his mouth was easily shut. 1851–9 G. B. Airy Pop. Astron. (1868) vi. 236 It is only possible to give a glimmering of what I desire to convey. 1871 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1876) IV. xviii. 176 We get glimmerings of fighting on the borders of these shires. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2022). glimmeringadj. /ˈɡlɪmərɪŋ/ Etymology: See -ing suffix². 1. That glimmers (see the verb). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > light emitted in particular manner > [adjective] > glittering or sparkling sparkling?c1225 glising1340 glimmeringa1375 glistening1388 glistering1398 glitteringa1400 coruscantc1485 twinkling1508 flankering1577 fire-darting1594 glitterous1596 scintillant1611 winkinga1616 micant1657 scintillating1664 spangling1665 besparklinga1674 skinkling1790 spunky1791 micacious1797 glistery1806 spark-like1814 spangly1818 emicatious1819 sparky1827 aglitter1828 ablaze1851 aglist1858 scintillescent1860 aglisten1867 glittery1880 twinkly1884 sparkly1922 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 a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 1427 Þe messageres..were arayde..al in glimerand gold. a1500 (?a1400) Sir Torrent of Portyngale (1887) l. 427 Yt ys ase glemyrryng ase the glase. 1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream ii. i. 77 Didst not thou lead him through the glimmering night. 1649 Bp. J. Hall Humble Motion to Parl. 12 Their glimmering notions were but lighted at our candle. 1682 H. More Glanvil's Sad. Triumph. in Contin. Remark. Stories 60 A glimmering light appeared all about the Room. 1751 T. Gray Elegy ii. 5 Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight. 1800 Major Allan Acct. Interview Princes in A. Beatson View War with Tippoo Sultaun App. p. cxxxi By a faint glimmering light it was difficult for the killedar to recognize the features. 1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess Concl. 164 Little Lilia, rising without sound, Disrobed the glimmering statue of Sir Ralph From those rich silks. 1879 R. C. Trench Poems 3 Some lone fisher, that has stood For days beside the glimmering flood. †2. glimmering mort [see glimmer n.¹ 3a] : a woman who travels the country begging, saying that she has lost her all by fire: = glimmerer n. Obsolete slang. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > poverty > mendicancy > [noun] > beggar > female > defrauding others glimmerer1567 glimmering mort1567 1567 T. Harman Caueat for Commen Cursetors (new ed.) sig. Eii This glimmering Morte..Thys glymmeringe glauncer. Derivatives ˈglimmeringly adv. 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 the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > imperfect perception > [adverb] blindlyc893 blindlinga1225 purblindly?1575 glimmeringly1665 short-sightedly1853 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. i. f. 5 The darke myste of malice dooth choke..those sparkes, that glimmeringly shined to make them see the glorie of God. 1665 G. Wither Medit. upon Lords Prayer 41 I have such a strong desire to express what I glimmeringly apprehend of it. 1820 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 6 529 The more faintly and glimmeringly one object, as it were, melted into another. 1868 R. Browning Ring & Bk. I. i. 32 Glimmeringly did a pack of were-wolves pad The snow. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1380adj.a1375
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