Dimity (noun)
dim-i-tee
A hard-wearing cotton fabric woven with stripes or checks.
Late Middle English: from Italian dimito or medieval Latin dimitum, from Greek dimitos, from di- ‘twice’ + mitos ‘warp thread’; the origin of the final -y is unknown.
Example sentences
“She wore a dimity robe.”
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