dimmishadj.

Brit.

/ˈdɪmɪʃ/, U.S.

/ˈdɪmɪʃ/

Etymology: < dim adj. + -ish suffix¹.

Somewhat dim.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > dimness or absence of brightness > [adjective] > somewhat dim

dimmy1430

dimmish1683

dullish1751

1683 T. Tryon Way to Health 96 Its flame is not clear..but of a dimmish Brimstone colour.

1727 J. Swift Stella's Birth-day: 1724 in J. Swift et al. Misc.: Last Vol. iii. 162 My Eyes are somewhat dimmish grown.

1826 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 20 899 Our eyes have got rather dimmish.

1884 ‘M. Twain’ Adventures Huckleberry Finn xxxvi. 313 We was a standing there in the dimmish light.

1967 A. Laski Seven Other Years xiii. 183 An amiable but..‘dimmish’ heavy~weight of fifteen.

1969 J. Drummond People in Glass House xvii. 72 She was a sort of goose-girl type... Dimmish. But pretty.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	dimmish
释义	dimmishadj. Brit. /ˈdɪmɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈdɪmɪʃ/ Etymology: < dim adj. + -ish suffix¹. Somewhat dim. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > dimness or absence of brightness > [adjective] > somewhat dim dimmy1430 dimmish1683 dullish1751 1683 T. Tryon Way to Health 96 Its flame is not clear..but of a dimmish Brimstone colour. 1727 J. Swift Stella's Birth-day: 1724 in J. Swift et al. Misc.: Last Vol. iii. 162 My Eyes are somewhat dimmish grown. 1826 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 20 899 Our eyes have got rather dimmish. 1884 ‘M. Twain’ Adventures Huckleberry Finn xxxvi. 313 We was a standing there in the dimmish light. 1967 A. Laski Seven Other Years xiii. 183 An amiable but..‘dimmish’ heavy~weight of fifteen. 1969 J. Drummond People in Glass House xvii. 72 She was a sort of goose-girl type... Dimmish. But pretty. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1683
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