English Explanatory Dictionary

dimity

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A light strong fabric with woven stripes or squares.
noun
  1. Alternative form of dimmity (“dusk, twilight”).
name
  1. A female given name of modern usage.
  2. A surname.

Word forms

dimity dimities dimmity

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”).

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