What does "ashimmer" mean?

Shimmering; covered (with something shimmering).

What is a synonym for "ashimmer"?

Common synonyms include: shimmery.

Ashimmer

adj

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Definitions

Adjective

1
Shimmering; covered (with something shimmering). not-comparable
"1875, Charles F. Deems, “Relations of the University to Religion” in Dedication and Inauguration of the Vanderbilt University, Nashville: Publishing House of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, p. 65, […] each great wing is like an unmeasured milky-way, ashimmer with the mystic splendor of all stars."

Synonyms

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shimmery

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"1875, Charles F. Deems, “Relations of the University to Religion” in Dedication and Inauguration of the Vanderbilt University, Nashville: Publishing House of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, p. 65, […] each great wing is like an unmeasured milky-way, ashimmer with the mystic splendor of all stars."

Etymology

From a- + shimmer.

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