[1855–60; a-1 + glimmer]This word is first recorded in the period 1855–60. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: keyword, kickoff, lavabo, pickup, pipelinea- is a reduced form of the Old English preposition on, meaning “on,” “in,” “into,” “to,” “toward,” preserved before a noun in a prepositionalphrase, forming a predicate adjective or an adverbial element (afoot; abed; ashore; aside; away), or before an adjective (afar; aloud; alow), as a moribund prefix with a verb (acknowledge), and in archaic and dialectal use before a present participle in -ing (set the bells aringing); and added to a verb stem with the force of a present participle (ablaze; agape; aglow; astride; and originally, awry)
Examples of 'aglimmer' in a sentence
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Godfrey sat at the bare table grinning at them with his new teeth aglimmer.
Fidelis Morgan THE RIVAL QUEENS: A COUNTESS ASHBY DE LA ZOUCHE MYSTERY (2002)