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disme

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /daɪm/

1

noun

Meaning 1

A dime minted in 1792.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, dated, obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A tenth; a tenth part; a tithe.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

Examples

  • a. 1734, John Ayliffe, Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani. The pope began to exercise his new rapines by a compliance with king Edward, in granting him two years’ disme from the clergy.

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle French dixme, Old French disme (“tenth, tithe”), from Latin decimus (“tenth”). Doublet of dime.