shimmering

verb (used without object)

1. to shine with or reflect a subdued, tremulous light; gleam faintly.
2. to appear to quiver or vibrate in faint light or while reflecting heat waves.

noun

3. a subdued, tremulous light or gleam.
4. a quivering or vibrating motion or image as produced by reflecting faint light or heat waves.

verb

1. (intr) to shine with a glistening or tremulous light

noun

2. a faint, glistening, or tremulous light

v.Old English scimerian “to glitter, shimmer, glisten, shine,” related to (perhaps a frequentative of) scimian “to shine,” from Proto-Germanic *skim- (cf. Swedish skimra, Dutch schemeren “to glitter,” German schimmern), from PIE root *skai- “to gleam, to shine” (see shine (v.). Related: Shimmered; shimmering. n.“a tremulous light,” 1821, from shimmer (v.).