English

glimflashy

17th century.

A compound of glim ‘eye’ + flashy ‘flashing’

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰley- ‘to shine’

Middle English glim

English glim

first attested First attested in Elisha Coles' An English Dictionary (1676) (as stated in the etymology)

The story

First attested in Elisha Coles' An English Dictionary (1676).

adj Angry

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Etymograph / glimflashy