shimmery
adj/ˈʃɪməɹi/UK/ˈʃɪməɹi/US
Etymology
From shimmer + -y (suffix meaning ‘inclined to’ forming adjectives).
- inherited from *skimarōną✻
- inherited from sċymrian
- inherited from schimeren
Definitions
shimmering, or shining with a faint, or intermittent or trembling gleam or light.
- He had not known him at first; at least not for certain in the shimmery moonlight; the man he had seen looked younger and of lighter build, he said, and he had not taken him to be his old friend and mate; […]
- There will always be something worth living for while there are shimmery afternoons.
- The length of the gorge on both sides was hung as it were with black shimmery velvet curtains, and Mowgli sank as he looked, for those were the clotted millions of the sleeping bees.
(Apparently) shaking or trembling.
- "How is Mrs. Marvyn?" said Mrs. Scudder. / "Kinder thin and shimmery; but she's about,—habin' her eyes eberywar 'n' lookin' into eberyting.["]
The neighborhood
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for shimmery. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA