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語源

From 中期英語 glimeren, glemeren (“to glimmer”), equivalent to glim (“to shine”) +‎ -er (frequentative suffix). Cognate with German Low German glimmern (“to glimmer”), German glimmern (“to glimmer”), Danish glimre (“to glimmer”), Swedish glimra (“to glimmer”). Doublet of glimpse. Sense 5 was coined in the 2020s in analogy to trigger.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈɡlɪmə(ɹ)/
• (米国発音) IPA: /ˈɡlɪmɚ/
• 韻: -ɪmə(ɹ)

名詞

glimmer (countable and uncountable, plural glimmers)

1. A faint light; a dim glow.

   The glimmer of the fireflies was pleasant to watch.

2. A flash of light.

   Synonyms: flicker, shimmer, sparkle

3. (figurative) A faint or remote possibility (as it were a flash of light).

   Synonyms: flicker, glimpse

   • 1997, David Denby, “Clawless”, in New York Magazine‎, volume 30, number 42, page 52:

     After all, Harmony Korine has no more than a glimmer of talent.

4. (dated, uncountable) Mica.
5. (psychology, neologism) A subtle, positive micromoment that evokes feelings of joy, safety, calm, or connection.

   Synonym: comfort

   Antonym: trigger

派生語

動詞

glimmer (third-person singular simple present glimmers, present participle glimmering, simple past and past participle glimmered)

1. (intransitive) To shine with a faint, unsteady light.

   Synonyms: flicker, glimpse, shimmer, twinkle; see also Thesaurus:glisten

   the glimmering dawn    a glimmering lamp

   The fireflies glimmered in the dark.

   • c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii]:

     The west yet glimmers with some streaks of day.

派生語