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▪ I. shimmery, a.1|ˈʃɪmərɪ|
[f. shimmer v. + -y1. Cf. G. schimmerig, WFris. skimerich.]
Giving out a shimmering light.
1883Harper's Mag. May 904/2 Some wondrous shimmery cream of brocaded satin. 1890J. Hatton By Order of Czar iii. v, The city in the lagoons, with..her shimmery waters.
fig.1893Athenæum 9 Dec. 803/2 ‘Claudea's Island’ has pretty, shimmery touches, natural and human.
▪ II. ˈshimmery, a.2
‘Shaky.’ Also shimmery-whimmery a.
1859Mrs. Stowe Minister's Wooing xxx, ‘How is Mrs. Marvyn?’..‘Kinder thin and shimmery, but she is about.’ 1894Fenn Real Gold xii, Didn't you ever have a set to at school..?..And didn't you feel shimmery-whimmery before you began? |