Definitions for dimities

dimities dim·i·ty

Spelling: [dim-i-tee]
IPA: /ˈdɪm ɪ ti/

Dimities is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 155 anagrams from letters in dimities (deiiimst).

Definitions for dimities

noun

  1. a thin cotton fabric, white, dyed, or printed, woven with a stripe or check of heavier yarn.

Origin of dimities

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

Examples for dimities

There, on a little white bed with dimity curtains, lay the form of Isobel.

Betty says it'll match out her dimity, and I 'low to match Betty as long as I can.

I wonder if father hasn't got some other dimity in the store.

If the lawn or dimity has a colored figure, the embroidery silk or cotton may match this.

dimity, dim′i-ti, n. a kind of stout white cotton cloth, striped or figured in the loom by weaving with two threads.

One was cambric, one was fine lawn or nainsook, and one of dimity.

Juliet dropped a big blue denim pillow on the ground and sat down upon it in a flutter of dimity.

She had contributed a window shade and dimity curtains; Susan a braided rug and a chair cushion.

And at last—his head big with his first day's vanity—he climbed between the dimity curtains and fell asleep.

It can be made of silk or of dimity at 12½ cents a yard, and need not then cost more than 15 cents.

Word Value for dimities
Scrable

12

Words with friends

12

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