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aglimmer

American  
[uh-glim-er] / əˈglɪm ər /

adjective

  1. glimmering; shining faintly or unsteadily.

aglimmer British  
/ əˈɡlɪmə /

adjective

  1. (postpositive) glimmering

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Etymology

Origin of aglimmer

First recorded in 1855–60; a- 1 + glimmer

Example Sentences

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Visitors to the darkened halls of the Baltimore Museum of Art last week found them aglimmer with the forms that Grecian goldsmiths once made.

From Time Magazine Archive

Below, lay the frost mist, white as foam, diaphanous as a veil, every floating icy particle aglimmer with star rays like spray in sunlight.

From Heralds of Empire Being the Story of One Ramsay Stanhope, Lieutenant to Pierre Radisson in the Northern Fur Trade by Laut, Agnes C. (Agnes Christina)

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