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glimpse
c.1400, "to shine faintly," probably from O.E.
*glimsian
"shine faintly," from P.Gmc.
*glim-
(see
gleam
). If so, the intrusive
-p-
would be there to ease pronunciation. Sense of "catch a quick view" first recorded 1779.
