dimity

[US]/'dɪmɪtɪ/
[UK]/'dɪməti/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a striped fabric with raised patterns.
Word Forms
Pluraldimities

Phrases & Collocations

dimity fabric

dimity dress

pink dimity curtains

Example Sentences

Alex and Tony Fontaine were whispering in the ears of Dimity Munroe and sending her into gales of giggles.

This paper discussed the three key factors for production pure cotton weft knitted cool dimity fabrics, i.e.

Real-world Examples

Puffs of sultry air fanned her dimity window curtains and flies buzzed stiflingly against the bluish panes.

Source: Summer

Now she could look back down the long years and see herself in green flowered dimity, standing in the sunshine at Tara, thrilled by the young horseman with his blond hair shining like a silver helmet.

Source: Gone with the Wind

Summer and winter she wore a dimity kerchief fastened in the back with a pin, a cap which concealed her hair, a red skirt, grey stockings, and an apron with a bib like those worn by hospital nurses.

Source: A simple heart.

She saw a large, well-proportioned apartment, an handsome dimity bed, arranged as unoccupied with an housemaid's care, a bright Bath stove, mahogany wardrobes, and neatly painted chairs, on which the warm beams of a western sun gaily poured through two sash windows!

Source: Northanger Abbey (original version)

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