shimmeriness en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree English shimmery Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English shimmeriness From shimmery + -ness.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The state of being shimmery.
Only this shimmeriness is the real living. The shape is a dead crust.
1913, D H Lawrence, Sons and Lovers: