See Also: culottes(dictionary)

glimmering (iou) and culottes (oh)


glimmering (iou)



glimmering noun. LME.
[from GLIMMER verb + -ING1.]
The action of GLIMMER verb; an instance of this; the shining of a faint or intermittent light. LME.
R. Adams He could just perceive a glimmering of water.
A half-view; a glimpse, an inkling; a faint notion. LME.
G. B. Airy It is only possible to give a glimmering of what I desire to convey.

culottes (oh)



[Date: 1800-1900; Language: French; Origin: cul 'bottom, ass']
women's trousers which stop at the knee and are shaped to look like a skirt