See Also: bidialectal(dictionary)
glimpse(medicine)
glimpse(1)(dictionary)
glimpse(2)(dictionary)
glimpse 1, noun(dictionary)
glimpse 2, verb(dictionary)

glimpse 2, verb (oh) and bidialectal (iou)


glimpse 2, verb (oh)



2 v [T]
[Date: 1300-1400; Origin: Perhaps from an unrecorded Old English glimsian]
to see someone or something for a moment without getting a complete view of them
-synonym catch sight of catch sight of
::I glimpsed a figure at the window.
see usage note glance 1
to begin to understand something for a moment
::For the first time she glimpsed the truth about her sister.

bidialectal (iou)



bidialectal adjective. M20.
[from BI- + DIALECTAL.]
Fluent in the use of two dialects of the same language, involving the use of two dialects, esp. a standard and a non-standard variety.
bidialectalism,
bidialectism nouns facility in using two dialects of the same language, the use of two dialects, esp. a standard and a non-standard variety M20.