1.To shine with a subdued flickering light:Fireflies shimmered in the night sky. 2.To be reflected as a subdued, flickering light:The moon shimmered on the pond's surface. n. A flickering or tremulous light; a glimmer. [Middle Englishshimeren, from Old Englishscimerian.] ...
The -er ending is unusual for an English verb from French; perhaps it is by influence of shimmer, flicker, etc., or from flattery. The meaning "give a pleasing but false impression to" is from late 14c. The sense of "show (something) to best advantage" is from 1580s, originally of...
(for exampleflicker,flutter). If it is related toflatthe notion could be either "caress with the flat of the hand, stroke, pet," or "throw oneself flat on the ground" (in fawning adoration). The-erending is unusual for an English verb from French; perhaps it is by influence of...
mentioned that face-to-face, the shimmery liqueur simply did not cast the same shine. It could be that with the right filters, light, and staging the concoction just twinkles in a more dramatic way. Either way, make sure to close the bottle and shake...
They would toast to one journey ending and another beginning, and because Letitia would have laughed they would laugh as well, their voices small in the heart of the sea. Clouds crawled across the sky. The ocean was choppy and flecked with white. Aurelia picked her way down the steep ...
And they would toast again, Aurelia to her mother, Theo to her sister, to the life she had lived in the only way she knew how, to sailing their own oceans to do the same. They would toast to one journey ending and another beginning, and because Letitia would have laughed they would ...
(intr) to shine with a glistening or tremulous light n a faint, glistening, or tremulous light [Old Englishscimerian;related to Middle Low Germanschēmerento grow dark, Old Norseskimibrightness] ˈshimmeringadj ˈshimmeringlyadv Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition...
There are liners and trains and false names: Baker, as if he is bringing bread instead of the hope of ending ovens. His presence calms the younger scientists and they come to him with questions: Are we doing the right thing? they ask. Look at what I left behind, he says. Look at ...
They would toast to one journey ending and another beginning, and because Letitia would have laughed they would laugh as well, their voices small in the heart of the sea. Clouds crawled across the sky. The ocean was choppy and flecked with white. Aurelia picked her way down the steep ...
He found the energy somewhere, and followed the freeway south. Maybe this all started the day he left, and I stayed. The day the forest pulled me stronger than he had pushed, in the way of every fairytale without a happy ending. One evening in February, a week or two after that ...