Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dim-lit

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.52 in modern English

Syllables: dim-lit
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Dimly illuminated.

Example Sentences

"The distance down a dim-lit, dark dusty road was too far for the eye to see, not for the fainthearted to aloft on foot."
"Collin stepped through the doorway and into the dim-lit room."
"I felt immediately that oneness between the Offerant and those toughs that clustered round him in the dim-lit byre—a thing I had never felt remotely as a Protestant at the Office of Holy Communion in spite of the insistence of Protestant theology on the 'priesthood of the laity'."

Etymology

From dim + lit.

Inflected Forms

more dim-lit (comparative) most dim-lit (superlative) dimlit (alternative)

Rhymes With

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Questions

What does dim-lit mean?: Dimly illuminated.
Where does dim-lit come from?: From dim + lit.

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