dimity
Americannoun
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dimities
plural
noun
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Etymology
Origin of dimity
1400–50; earlier dimite, late Middle English demyt < Medieval Latin dimettum < Greek dímiton, noun use of neuter of dímitos double-threaded, equivalent to di- di- 1 + mít ( os ) warp thread + -os adj. suffix; source of final syllable unclear
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Marie Antoinette was a lovely martyr in white dimity and ash-gold hair; Louis, her royal spouse, a wistful dullard who would have made an honest artisan.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mrs. Hoover appeared wearing a white and blue dimity gown modeled in the fashion of 1870 and copied from one of her mother's photographs.
From Time Magazine Archive
Gone is love's old sweet story of strong, silent him and dimity her.
From Time Magazine Archive
For hot summer afternoons batiste, dimity and organdy will be cool and fresh.
From Time Magazine Archive
Green dimity curtains hung over the windows in Theodora’s room, the wallpaper was decked with green garlands, the bedspread and quilt were green, the marble-topped dresser and the huge wardrobe were the same.
From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson
And if she didn't buy embroideries and dimities, she would purchase something else with it.
From The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VII. (of X.) by Wilder, Marshall Pinckney
We were donning our dimities about this time daily,” recalled Louise, with a well meaning sigh.
From The Girl Scouts at Camp Comalong Peg of Tamarack Hills by Garis, Lillian
I am told you are doing very well with your piqués and dimities....
From More Tales by Polish Authors by Various
It contains a voluminous list of useful domestic goods, presenting the most enormous bargains, in the way of sheetings, shirtings, flannels, diapers, damasks, dimities, table-cloths, &c. &c.
From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 434 Volume 17, New Series, April 24, 1852 by Chambers, William
And those delicious chintzes and dimities for our bedrooms!
From Remember the Alamo by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston
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