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English
Etymology
From blend of flicker + glimmer.
Pronunciation
Noun
flimmer (plural flimmers)
- A flickering glimmer.[1][2]
- One of the delicate lateral filaments typical of some flagella. (mastigoneme)[1]
Verb
flimmer (third-person singular simple present flimmers, present participle flimmering, simple past and past participle flimmered)
- (intransitive) To glimmer, flicker.
- Synonyms: twinkle, flicker, glimmer
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 “flimmer”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- ^ Olga Kornienko, Grinin L, Ilyin I, Herrmann P, Korotayev A (2016) “Social and Economic Background of Blending”, in Globalistics and Globalization Studies: Global Transformations and Global Future, Volgograd: Uchitel Publishing House, →ISBN, pages 220–225
Swedish
Etymology
Deverbal from flimra.
Pronunciation
Noun
flimmer n
- flickering
- (in some compounds) fibrillation
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flimmer
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flimret
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flimmers
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flimrets
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