shimmery
/ˈʃɪməɹi/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.34 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
shimmering, or shining with a faint, or intermittent or trembling gleam or light.
adj
(Apparently) shaking or trembling.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "And then, far off, around a curve of silver track, comes the trolley, balanced on four small steel-blue wheels, and it is painted the color of tangerines. Epaulets of shimmery brass cover it and pipings of gold; and its chrome bell bings if the ancient motorman taps it with a wrinkled shoe."
- "The tall girl is the shimmeriest, lips painted the color of the inside of an oyster shell, eyelids swirled in mother-of-pearl."
- "[…] Aunty Ada would base her prostitute judgment on Nia’s lipstick, a shimmery orange, and the eye shadow—similar to the shade of the lipstick—that clung to her heavy lids."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈʃɪməɹi/
- British English: /ˈʃɪməɹi/