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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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¶GLIMMEROUS, adj. Used only by Burns (in fig. contexts): shining unsteadily or fitfully.Ayr. 1793 Burns Letters (ed. Ferguson) No. 537:
The elfine lamp of my glimmerous understanding.Ib. No. 561:
My elfine, lambent, glimmerous wanderings have misled his stupid steps over precipices.
