glimmering

[ glim-er-ing ]

/ ˈglɪm ər ɪŋ /

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noun

a faint or unsteady light;glimmer.

a faint glimpse or idea; inkling.

adjective

shining faintly or unsteadily; shimmering.

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Origin of glimmering

Middle English word dating back to 1300–50; see origin at glimmer, -ing¹, -ing²

glim·mer·ing·ly, adverb

A cell observed under a microscope is “refulgent, glimmering, alive.”
Need a fall read? ‘The Song of the Cell’ offers tales from biology and history|Meghan Rosen|October 25, 2022|Science News
The COP26 climate summit has been largely focused on those inside the glimmering Scottish Event Campus.
Friday’s COP26 theme is youth and public empowerment. Here’s what you need to know.|Tik Root|November 5, 2021|Washington Post
As climate lawsuits proceed across the United States and across the world, Saad says there are glimmerings of that emerging.
A looming climate disaster threatens the lives of 6,000 Peruvians|Philip Kiefer|February 9, 2021|Popular-Science
As I drove home that night around eight, Long Island Sound was pitch-black, apart from the glimmering reflection of light poles.
Real Life Lazarus: When Patients Rise From the Dead|Sandeep Jauhar|August 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST

I was very young and I thought that the whole experience was a wonderful adventure and a glimmering portal to the future.
The New Fear of Flying After MH370|Clive Irving|March 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
For a brief glimmering moment last week, progressive Democrats could imagine Bill de Blasio as the future face of their party.
The Dems’ Fork in the Road|David Frum|November 12, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Beyond this the darkness of the village was accentuated by a light here and there, glimmering from the window of some cottage.
The Rival Campers|Ruel Perley Smith
Out among the mass of red and yellow gold trailed a strand of frosty, glimmering pearls.
A Fortune Hunter; Or, The Old Stone Corral|John Dunloe Carteret
The real agriculturists were beginning to get a glimmering of light upon this question.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III.|E. Farr and E. H. Nolan
In this plight I pressed on toward a light glimmering faintly through the blinding snow.
Famous Adventures And Prison Escapes of the Civil War|Various
Approaching it from the west the first glimmering of it you have is over one end of the House of Correction.
Our Churches and Chapels|Atticus