a slight suggestion or vague understanding; "he had no inkling what was about to happen"
shining softly and intermittently; "the glimmering mist of a spring rain splashed by sun and streaked by rainbow"- Claudia Cassidy; "glimmering candlelight"
A glimmering of something is a faint sign of it. a glimmering of understanding. the first glimmerings of civilization. a small sign of thought or feeling