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dimmity

noun

Etymology

Apparently from dim + -ity. Compare with dimmit, dimmet.

  1. derived from *dʰem-✻
  2. derived from *dimmaz✻
  3. derived from *dimm✻
  4. derived from dim
  5. derived from dim
  6. formed as dimmity — “dim + -ity”

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of dimity (“fabric”).

    • Tell Mrs. James that they seized my flannel petticoats (although made up), which I had provided for winter wear, and upon muslins and dimmities.

  2. Dusk

    Dusk; twilight.

    • The glow became less. An amber cloud turned dull and lost its gold, changing into lead. “Deary dimmity l'” said Mrs. Hammett, sitting up.
    • Av coorse, times was better then — afore I went to sea as a tacker, I worked on a varm, an' I got nine shillun a week an' worked from dawn till after dimmity (dusk), zummer an' winter.
    • I have come so often after dusk, the whole feeling and tone of my thoughts are of dimmity, the hours between dusk and day, of the velvet dark when a raised hand before my face is no more than a paleness.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA