Limmer vs Glimmer - What's the difference?
limmer | glimmer |
(Scotland) A rogue; a low, base fellow.
* Sir Walter Scott
A promiscuous woman.
* 1994 , Jeanette Winterson, Art and Lies
A limehound; a leamer.
A mongrel, such as a cross between the mastiff and hound.
(nautical) A manrope at the side of a ladder.
A faint light; a dim glow.
A flash of light.
A faint or remote possibility.
(mineralogy, dated) mica
To shine with a faint unsteady light.
* Shakespeare
(literary and formal) magnificence, glitter, tinsel, something that shines
:: The tinsel of wealth
mica
:: Mica is a mineral that easily separates into thin leaves
As nouns the difference between limmer and glimmer
is that limmer is (scotland) a rogue; a low, base fellow while glimmer is mica.As an adjective limmer
is limber.limmer
English
Etymology 1
Origin uncertain; perhaps from limb, or (etyl) limier; see leamer.Noun
(en noun)- Thieves, limmers , and broken men of the Highlands.
- Doll Sneerpiece was not a scholar but fond of gentlemen, although to dub her a limmer , would have been to do her a wrong.
Etymology 2
glimmer
English
Noun
(en noun)- The glimmer of the fireflies was pleasant to watch.
- A glimmer of hope.
Synonyms
* (flash of light) sparkleVerb
(en verb)- The fireflies glimmered in the dark.
- the glimmering''' dawn; a '''glimmering lamp
- The west yet glimmers with some streaks of day.
Synonyms
* (shine with faint unsteady light) flicker, shimmerNoun
(uncountable ) glimmer' (m) - ' glimmeren (singular definite)- Rikdommens glimmer
- Glimmer er et mineral som lett spaltes i tynne flak.