Meanings
verbglympse (third-person singular simple present glympses, present participle glympsing, simple past and past participle glympsed)
present singular third person glympses · participle present glympsing · participle past glympsed · past glympsed
- obsoleteObsolete spelling of glimpse.
nounglympse (plural glympses)
plural glympses
- obsoleteObsolete spelling of glimpse.
[T]here is not any creature that hath ſo neere a glympſe of their [spirits'] nature, as light in the Sunne and Elements; […]
1642, Tho[mas] Browne, “The First Part”, in Religio Medici. […], 4th edition, London: […] E. Cotes for Andrew Crook […], published 1656, →OCLC, section 33, page 72
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glympse. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glympse
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“glympse.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glympse. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “glympse,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glympse.
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