dimity
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.69 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Alternative form of dimmity (“dusk, twilight”).
name
A female given name of modern usage.
name
A surname.
Example Sentences
- "Strain the ſoup through a piece of dimity into a clean ſaucepan, and let it ſtew till it is of the thickneſs of cream."
- "The first of these tweels, in respect to the number of leaves, is the dimity cord, which is merely the three leafed tweel turned, a plan of which is subjoined, both for cording and treading."
- "The drapery should always be perfectly white, of dimity, twilled muslin, or other neat strong material."
- "From the mantelpiece, photographs of Zuleika surveyed the room with a possessive air. Zuleika’s pincushion, a-bristle with new pins, lay on the dimity-flounced toilet-table, and round it stood a multitude of multiform glass vessels, domed, all of them, with dull gold, on which Z. D., in zianites and diamonds, was encrusted."
- "2009 Fall, Rabbit Goody, Jill Mancy, Interiors: Bug Bars & Slipcovers, Early Homes, page 20, Period slipcovers were typically made of linen and cotton, in woven checks or striped dimities."
- "The twilight fell mistily—it was the first of the autumn mists—and in the dimity the undispersed families of the tawny owl called to each other, the young with keewick and the old with the proper hooroo, hooroo."
Etymology
From earlier dimite, from Middle English demit, demyt, from Medieval Latin dimitum, from Byzantine Greek δίμιτον (dímiton), from Ancient Greek δίμιτος (dímitos, “of double thread”).