shimmern.¹

Brit.

/ˈʃɪmə/, U.S.

/ˈʃɪmər/

Etymology: < shimmer v.¹ Compare Low German schemmer, North Frisian skimer, German schimmer, Swedish skimmer.

A shimmering light or glow; a subdued tremulous light.

ΘΚΠ

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

blenka1400

blushc1400

gleamc1440

glance?a1513

glinta1542

glish1570

glimpse1603

glimmera1616

glimble1658

blink1717

glent1728

shimmer1821

glisk1824

flicker1849

glist1864

styme1888

1821 W. Scott Kenilworth I. vi. 122 Two silver lamps, fed with perfumed oil, diffused..a trembling twilight-seeming shimmer through the quiet apartment.

1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre II. x. 254 The strange, wraith-like apparel..which, at this evening hour..gave out..a most ghostly shimmer through the shadow of my apartment.

1863 M. E. Braddon Eleanor's Victory i The first shimmer of the moonlight was silvery on the water.

1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VIII. 590 The papules..having a wax-like shimmer.

figurative and in extended use.1851 T. Carlyle Life J. Sterling ii. iii. 167 A kind of childlike half-embarrassed shimmer of expression, on his fine vivid countenance.1854 R. W. Emerson Poetry & Imag. in Lett. & Social Aims One man sees a spark or shimmer of the truth.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

shimmern.²

Brit.

/ˈʃɪmə/, U.S.

/ˈʃɪmər/

Etymology: < shim v.² + -er suffix¹.

U.S.

Categories »

a. A workman who inserts shims in cabinet work, etc.

Thesaurus »

Categories »

b. = shim n.² 5 (In recent U.S. dictionaries.)

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

shimmerv.¹

Brit.

/ˈʃɪmə/, U.S.

/ˈʃɪmər/

Forms: Old English scymrian, Middle English schimere, Middle English schymere, Middle English s(c)hemere, 1500s shymer, shimer, 1500s– shimmer.

Etymology: late Old English scymrian = West Frisian skimerje , North Frisian skimere to shimmer, (Middle) Low German, (Middle) Dutch schêmeren to be shaded or shadowy, to glimmer, glitter, German schimmern , Swedish skimra ; related to shim v.¹ Compare the northern skimmer v.

1. intransitive. To shine with a tremulous or flickering light; to gleam faintly. In early use also, to shine brightly, glisten.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > shine [verb (intransitive)]

shinec725

brighteOE

blika1000

lightOE

shimmera1100

starec1225

lightena1382

blikena1400

glowa1400

sheenc1420

flourish1587

to stick off1604

lamp1609

skyre1677

gloze1820

moon1885

the world > matter > light > light emitted in particular manner > [verb (intransitive)] > gleam, glimmer, or flicker

shimmera1100

blenk1303

leamc1330

blysnec1400

glimmerc1400

glimpsec1400

glintc1440

glim1481

lemyrea1500

glimster1565

glance1568

flicker1608

simper1633

gloat1644

gleen1662

shimper1674

blink1786

skimmer1788

flash1791

sheen1812

glinter1851

flimmer1880

a1100 Chrodegang's Rule 41 in A. S. Napier Contrib. Old Eng. Lexicogr. (1906) 16 Soðlice þa se dægredleoma beorhte scymrode, þa Drihten..of helle aras.

c1230 Hali Meid. 31 Þat eadi trume of schimerinde meidenes.

a1240 Sawles Warde in Old Eng. Hom. I. 257 Al þat hus schineð ant schimmeð [v.r. schimereð] of his leome.

c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 772 Hit [a castle] schemered & schon þurȝ þe schyre okeȝ.

c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 4974 Frut..Þat shemert as shire as any shene stonys.

1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 5^v The Chrusopasse is a Stone of Ethiope, which in the day light shimmereth not.

1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iv. 82 Thee next day foloing lustring Aurora lay shymring, Her saffrond mattresse leauing to her bedfelo Tithon.

1623 Bp. J. Hall Great Impostor 14 The..blinde man that thought he now saw a shimmering of the Sunne-beames.

1655 W. Gurnall Christian in Armour: 1st Pt. 229 There is some shimmering light in all.

1805 W. Scott Lay of Last Minstrel i. xvii. 20 Twinkling faint, and distant far, Shimmers through mist each planet star.1860 W. M. Thackeray Lovel iv Often your figure shimmers through my dreams.1871 Green Let. to W. B. Dawkins 29 Jan. Blue sea..shimmering with colour.1874 J. A. Symonds Sketches Italy & Greece (1898) I. xiii. 254 Distant islands shimmering in sun-litten haze.1877 S. A. Brooke Fight of Faith xxiv. 394 The [frozen] ponds..shimmer dark like polished steel.

2. intransitive. To move effortlessly; to glide, drift (by, off, etc.).

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > progressive motion > specific manner of progressive motion > move progressively in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > easily or freely

slidec1374

runc1400

rolla1500

slip1680

lapse1798

shimmer1904

1904 in Eng. Dial. Dict. V. 385 [Yorks.]. He shimmered by, a piece o' way off.

1923 P. G. Wodehouse Inimitable Jeeves x. 102 Jeeves shimmered off, and Cyril blew in, full of good cheer and blitheringness.

1930 C. Williams War in Heaven xi. 176 ‘I just want to shimmer up, like Jeeves, not walk,’ she said.

1973 M. Amis Rachel Papers 151 Move my hand over her bronze tights, tracing her hip-bone, circling beneath the overhang of her buttock, shimmer flat-palmed down the back of her legs.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

shimmerv.²

Etymology: < shimmer n.²Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈshimmer.

= shim v.² 2.

ΚΠ

1908 J. B. Davidson & Chase Farm Mach. 71 (Cent. Dict. Suppl.) A remedy for this [poor fitting of share and moldboard] is procured by shimmering the share up or down with small pieces of paste-board.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

n.¹1821

n.²

v.¹a1100

v.²1908

单词	shimmer
释义	shimmern.¹ Brit. /ˈʃɪmə/, U.S. /ˈʃɪmər/ Etymology: < shimmer v.¹ Compare Low German schemmer, North Frisian skimer, German schimmer, Swedish skimmer. A shimmering light or glow; a subdued tremulous light. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > light emitted in particular manner > [noun] > gleam, glimmer, or flicker blenka1400 blushc1400 gleamc1440 glance?a1513 glinta1542 glish1570 glimpse1603 glimmera1616 glimble1658 blink1717 glent1728 shimmer1821 glisk1824 flicker1849 glist1864 styme1888 1821 W. Scott Kenilworth I. vi. 122 Two silver lamps, fed with perfumed oil, diffused..a trembling twilight-seeming shimmer through the quiet apartment. 1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre II. x. 254 The strange, wraith-like apparel..which, at this evening hour..gave out..a most ghostly shimmer through the shadow of my apartment. 1863 M. E. Braddon Eleanor's Victory i The first shimmer of the moonlight was silvery on the water. 1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VIII. 590 The papules..having a wax-like shimmer. figurative and in extended use.1851 T. Carlyle Life J. Sterling ii. iii. 167 A kind of childlike half-embarrassed shimmer of expression, on his fine vivid countenance.1854 R. W. Emerson Poetry & Imag. in Lett. & Social Aims One man sees a spark or shimmer of the truth. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022). shimmern.² Brit. /ˈʃɪmə/, U.S. /ˈʃɪmər/ Etymology: < shim v.² + -er suffix¹. U.S. Categories » a. A workman who inserts shims in cabinet work, etc. Thesaurus » Categories » b. = shim n.² 5 (In recent U.S. dictionaries.) This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022). shimmerv.¹ Brit. /ˈʃɪmə/, U.S. /ˈʃɪmər/ Forms: Old English scymrian, Middle English schimere, Middle English schymere, Middle English s(c)hemere, 1500s shymer, shimer, 1500s– shimmer. Etymology: late Old English scymrian = West Frisian skimerje , North Frisian skimere to shimmer, (Middle) Low German, (Middle) Dutch schêmeren to be shaded or shadowy, to glimmer, glitter, German schimmern , Swedish skimra ; related to shim v.¹ Compare the northern skimmer v. 1. intransitive. To shine with a tremulous or flickering light; to gleam faintly. In early use also, to shine brightly, glisten. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > shine [verb (intransitive)] shinec725 brighteOE blika1000 lightOE shimmera1100 starec1225 lightena1382 blikena1400 glowa1400 sheenc1420 flourish1587 to stick off1604 lamp1609 skyre1677 gloze1820 moon1885 the world > matter > light > light emitted in particular manner > [verb (intransitive)] > gleam, glimmer, or flicker shimmera1100 blenk1303 leamc1330 blysnec1400 glimmerc1400 glimpsec1400 glintc1440 glim1481 lemyrea1500 glimster1565 glance1568 flicker1608 simper1633 gloat1644 gleen1662 shimper1674 blink1786 skimmer1788 flash1791 sheen1812 glinter1851 flimmer1880 a1100 Chrodegang's Rule 41 in A. S. Napier Contrib. Old Eng. Lexicogr. (1906) 16 Soðlice þa se dægredleoma beorhte scymrode, þa Drihten..of helle aras. c1230 Hali Meid. 31 Þat eadi trume of schimerinde meidenes. a1240 Sawles Warde in Old Eng. Hom. I. 257 Al þat hus schineð ant schimmeð [v.r. schimereð] of his leome. c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 772 Hit [a castle] schemered & schon þurȝ þe schyre okeȝ. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 4974 Frut..Þat shemert as shire as any shene stonys. 1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 5^v The Chrusopasse is a Stone of Ethiope, which in the day light shimmereth not. 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iv. 82 Thee next day foloing lustring Aurora lay shymring, Her saffrond mattresse leauing to her bedfelo Tithon. 1623 Bp. J. Hall Great Impostor 14 The..blinde man that thought he now saw a shimmering of the Sunne-beames. 1655 W. Gurnall Christian in Armour: 1st Pt. 229 There is some shimmering light in all. 1805 W. Scott Lay of Last Minstrel i. xvii. 20 Twinkling faint, and distant far, Shimmers through mist each planet star.1860 W. M. Thackeray Lovel iv Often your figure shimmers through my dreams.1871 Green Let. to W. B. Dawkins 29 Jan. Blue sea..shimmering with colour.1874 J. A. Symonds Sketches Italy & Greece (1898) I. xiii. 254 Distant islands shimmering in sun-litten haze.1877 S. A. Brooke Fight of Faith xxiv. 394 The [frozen] ponds..shimmer dark like polished steel. 2. intransitive. To move effortlessly; to glide, drift (by, off, etc.). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > specific manner of progressive motion > move progressively in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > easily or freely slidec1374 runc1400 rolla1500 slip1680 lapse1798 shimmer1904 1904 in Eng. Dial. Dict. V. 385 [Yorks.]. He shimmered by, a piece o' way off. 1923 P. G. Wodehouse Inimitable Jeeves x. 102 Jeeves shimmered off, and Cyril blew in, full of good cheer and blitheringness. 1930 C. Williams War in Heaven xi. 176 ‘I just want to shimmer up, like Jeeves, not walk,’ she said. 1973 M. Amis Rachel Papers 151 Move my hand over her bronze tights, tracing her hip-bone, circling beneath the overhang of her buttock, shimmer flat-palmed down the back of her legs. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022). shimmerv.² Etymology: < shimmer n.²Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈshimmer. = shim v.² 2. ΚΠ 1908 J. B. Davidson & Chase Farm Mach. 71 (Cent. Dict. Suppl.) A remedy for this [poor fitting of share and moldboard] is procured by shimmering the share up or down with small pieces of paste-board. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.¹1821n.²v.¹a1100v.²1908
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