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prettygoodwordgrimlins - n. pl., (Scot.) twilight, the first or last gleams of daylight.
No, not gremlins -- and yes, always only in plural. This is one of those Scots words that never escaped south into general English usage -- it doesn't appear in the usual heavy-weight dictionaries, but only the Dictionary of the Scots Language (plus a suppliment example) -- according to which, it's from Norwegian dialect grimla, to glimmer/twinkle/blink, with related word grimlen, shining intermittently.
---L.
No, not gremlins -- and yes, always only in plural. This is one of those Scots words that never escaped south into general English usage -- it doesn't appear in the usual heavy-weight dictionaries, but only the Dictionary of the Scots Language (plus a suppliment example) -- according to which, it's from Norwegian dialect grimla, to glimmer/twinkle/blink, with related word grimlen, shining intermittently.
---L.
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Date: 2015-05-05 04:19 am (UTC)