English Explanatory Dictionary

blike

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To shine; gleam.

Pronunciation

/blaɪk/

Word forms

blike blikes bliking bliked bloke blicken

Etymology

From Middle English bliken, from Old English blīcan (“to shine, glitter, dazzle, sparkle, twinkle”), from Proto-West Germanic *blīkan, from Proto-Germanic *blīkaną (“to gleam, shine”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to shine”). Compare blick.

Related words

bleach bleak blicant blick blicken bliken
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