All 3 Uses of
glimmer
in
A Midsummer Night's Dream
- Didst not thou lead him through the glimmering night From Perigenia, whom he ravish'd?†
Scene 2.1glimmering = shining (with a dim or wavering light)
- DEMETRIUS So should the murder'd look; and so should I, Pierc'd through the heart with your stern cruelty: Yet you, the murderer, look as bright, as clear, As yonder Venus in her glimmering sphere.†
Scene 3.2
- OBERON Through the house give glimmering light, By the dead and drowsy fire: Every elf and fairy sprite Hop as light as bird from brier: And this ditty, after me, Sing and dance it trippingly.†
Scene 5.2 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(glimmer as in: a glimmer of hope) a slight indication of something -- such as hope or interest
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(2)
(glimmer as in: glimmering lights) a dim, wavering, or reflected light
- (3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)