# glim

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɡlɪm/

## Definitions
1. Brightness; splendour.
2. A light; a candle; a lantern; a fire.
3. An eye.
4. A pair of glasses or spectacles.
5. A look; a glimpse.
6. Gonorrhea.
7. Fake documents claiming the loss of property by fire (for use in begging).

## Etymology
From Middle English glim, glimme (“radiance; shining brightness”), of uncertain further origin. Perhaps from Old English gleomu (“splendor”) and/or Old Norse *glim, *glima, both apparently from Proto-Germanic *glimō, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰley- (“to gleam, shimmer, glow”). Compare Norwegian Nynorsk glim, dialectal Old Swedish glim, glimma.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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