glimmeryadj.¹

/ˈɡlɪməri/

Forms: Also 1500s glimrye, 1600s glimery.

Etymology: < glimmer n.¹ + -y suffix¹.

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†a. Of fire: Burning dimly (obsolete).

b. Theatrical slang. Of an actor: Wanting in definite conception of his part.

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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > actor > [adjective] > type of actor by performance

tear-cat1606

Roscian1607

buffo1789

stickish1810

Protean1871

glimmery1892

hammy1929

ham1935

pixilated1959

1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iv. 71 When fiers glimrye be listed In clowds grim gloomming with bounce doo terrifye worldlings.

1892 Athenæum 9 Apr. 466/3 ‘Mr. Edgar’ is too vague and ‘glimmery’ for the part he has to play.

c. Glimmering. Also adverbial.

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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

1906 R. Kipling Puck of Pook's Hill 36 A loose glimmery gown of chain-mail.

1907 Daily Chron. 4 Mar. 6/4 The marble bust..glimmery white.

1927 Blackwood's Mag. Mar. 308/2 A great white wall of snow and rock, all glimmery in the rising sun, rose above us.

1953 H. H. Price Thinking & Experience ii. 47 When I see the ice, I..do not infer the coldness from the glimmery look.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

† glimmeryadj.²

Forms: In 1600s glimery.

Etymology: < glimmer n.²+ -y suffix¹.

Micaceous.

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the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > silicates > phyllosilicate > [adjective] > mica

glimmery1683

speculary1694

micaceous1752

1683 J. Pettus tr. L. Ercker iii. 230 in Fleta Minor i There appertains to the harsh flowing copper Oars, the harsh copper Flint, and what is splendy mispickly glimery or spady.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	glimmery
释义	glimmeryadj.¹ /ˈɡlɪməri/ Forms: Also 1500s glimrye, 1600s glimery. Etymology: < glimmer n.¹ + -y suffix¹. Thesaurus » †a. Of fire: Burning dimly (obsolete). b. Theatrical slang. Of an actor: Wanting in definite conception of his part. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > actor > [adjective] > type of actor by performance tear-cat1606 Roscian1607 buffo1789 stickish1810 Protean1871 glimmery1892 hammy1929 ham1935 pixilated1959 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iv. 71 When fiers glimrye be listed In clowds grim gloomming with bounce doo terrifye worldlings. 1892 Athenæum 9 Apr. 466/3 ‘Mr. Edgar’ is too vague and ‘glimmery’ for the part he has to play. c. Glimmering. Also adverbial. 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 1906 R. Kipling Puck of Pook's Hill 36 A loose glimmery gown of chain-mail. 1907 Daily Chron. 4 Mar. 6/4 The marble bust..glimmery white. 1927 Blackwood's Mag. Mar. 308/2 A great white wall of snow and rock, all glimmery in the rising sun, rose above us. 1953 H. H. Price Thinking & Experience ii. 47 When I see the ice, I..do not infer the coldness from the glimmery look. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2020). † glimmeryadj.² Forms: In 1600s glimery. Etymology: < glimmer n.²+ -y suffix¹. Micaceous. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > silicates > phyllosilicate > [adjective] > mica glimmery1683 speculary1694 micaceous1752 1683 J. Pettus tr. L. Ercker iii. 230 in Fleta Minor i There appertains to the harsh flowing copper Oars, the harsh copper Flint, and what is splendy mispickly glimery or spady. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.¹1582adj.²1683
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