Brief or partial views of something, not fully seeing it but catching sight of it quickly.
From Middle English 'glimsen,' possibly related to 'gleam.' First used around the 1300s to mean a brief, often unclear view of something.
Glimpses are frustrating and fascinating—they're why trailers work so well and why a partially visible secret is more intriguing than a fully revealed one.
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