Glim
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ɡlɪm/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Glim is a noun meaning (obsolete) Brightness; splendour.
Meaning
(obsolete) Brightness; splendour.
More Meanings
- (archaic, slang) A light; a candle; a lantern; a fire.
- (archaic, slang) An eye.
- (archaic, slang) A pair of glasses or spectacles.
- (archaic, slang) A look; a glimpse.
- (archaic, slang) Gonorrhea.
- (archaic, slang) Fake documents claiming the loss of property by fire (for use in begging).
- (obsolete, transitive) To brand on the hand.
Example Sentences
Profligate women were glimm'd for that villany.
About 9 o'clock he showed up and he knew me the moment he glimmed me.
'Sure enough, they left their glim here,' said the fellow from the window.
Heibers further states he glimmed the following on Maxwell Street on a Sunday morning[…]
Word Forms
- glims
- glimming
- glimmed
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include gleam, fulgor, fulgidity, orientness, illumination, splendor.
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