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name
A female given name of modern usage.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A light strong fabric with woven stripes or squares.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Qualifier: dated in general use
Topics: business, manufacturing, textiles
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noun
Alternative form of dimmity (“dusk, twilight”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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noun
a strong cotton fabric with a raised pattern; used for bedcovers and curtains
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: fabric, cloth, material, textile
History
The given name is apparently from the name of the light cotton fabric, dimity. However, since it is found primarily as an Irish name, it may have originated as a feminine equivalent of Dermot.
From earlier dimite, from Middle English demit, demyt, from Medieval Latin dimitum, from Byzantine Greek δίμιτον (dímiton), from Ancient Greek δίμιτος (dímitos, “of double thread”).
Across languages
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