shimmer

Meanings

Verb

To shine tremulously or intermittently; to gleam faintly.

Noun

A faint or veiled and tremulous gleam or shining.
A measure of the irregularities in the loudness of a particular pitch over time.

Origin

From Middle English schimeren, from Old English sċymrian, sċimrian, sċimerian, from Proto-Germanic *skimarōną. Cognate with Dutch schemeren, German schimmern.

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