dimity
Americannoun
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dimities
plural
noun
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Noun Inflected Forms
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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For hot summer afternoons batiste, dimity and organdy will be cool and fresh.
From Time Magazine Archive
Coop cooperated: he shied at couches and dimity all his life, but only on-camera.
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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
Gone is love's old sweet story of strong, silent him and dimity her.
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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
Thomas Johns was a linen draper, sold silks, satinets, linen, and dimities, at his establishment in the Provinces, and was also a politician, and "went on" for the part of magistrate, occasionally.
From The Humors of Falconbridge A Collection of Humorous and Every Day Scenes by Falconbridge
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 Lillian Garis
Nan opened the door in response to Mrs. Rawson's knock and the girls flocked in, looking so dainty and pretty in their fresh shirt-waists and dimities, and their gay ribbons.
From The Bishop's Shadow by I. T. (Ida Treadwell) Thurston
Her bonnet is the firmament, The universe her shoe, The stars the trinkets at her belt, Her dimities of blue.
From Poems by Emily Dickinson, Third Series by Mabel Loomis Todd
And it was gay with chintz and dimities, while against my windows a bourginvilla vine whispered in the wind.
From Mavis of Green Hill by Faith Baldwin
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