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dimity (n.)
"stout cotton fabric ornamented in the loom with raised stripes or fancy figures," mid-15c., dimesey, from Italian dimiti, plural of dimito, a name for a kind of strong cotton cloth, from Medieval Latin dimitum, from Greek dimitos "of double thread," from di- (from PIE root *dwo- "two") + mitos "warp thread, thread," a word of uncertain etymology.
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Definitions of dimity
Dictionary entries near dimity
diminish
diminished
diminuendo
diminution
diminutive
dimity
dimmer
dimmish
dimorphism
dimorphous
dimple