dimmet
/ˈdɪmɪt/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "W.] How, huſſey! ya confounded traſh ! Diſt remember whan tha wenſt out in tha Vuzzey-Park, in the deſk o' tha yeaveling, jeſt in tha dimmet, wi' tha young Humphry Hoſegood,–and how ha mullad and ſoulad about tha? Ha bed tha zet down;—and tha zedſt tha wudſt net, nif ha ded net blow tha down. Zo ha blow'd, and down tha valſt. Who ſhud be hard by (vor 'twas in tha dimmet) but tha ſquare's bealy;—and vorewey ha cry'd out that oll windvalls belongad to's meaſter."
- "AQUILA. Dewy dimmet!* silent hour! Welcome to our cottage bow'r ! […] BOTH. Dusky dimmet! dewy hour! Welcome to our lonely bow'r!"
- "Rab. If I let thee go now, will meet me agen to morrow evening in the dimmet ? Bet. No. To-morrow morning at milking time I woll."
- "The ' dimmet ' was fast fading into dark night when the outbuildings of Watercombe were at length reached ; […]"
- "But, perhaps, reflecting that cowardice, in any form, is disgraceful to a soldier, he jumped off his horse, and rang the bell with an energy that startled Mrs. Trelawney and Maude, as they sat pretending to sleep by the fire, “in the dimmets,” between daylight and candle-light; and elicited a vigorous “Lawk a mussey !”"
- "In this village the word twilight is almost unknown. It is the “dimmets ” that describes the evening hour."
Etymology
Usage
- British usage
- Countable
- Uncountable