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Word of the Day – Dimity

By October 30, 2018Word of the Day

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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