dimpsdimpsyn.adj.

Forms: Also 1800s– dampse, dempse, dimpse(s), dimpsey, dimpsie, dumps.

Etymology: ? derivative of dim n.², or dialect variant of dumps , dump n.¹

English regional (south-western).

A. n.

Dusk, twilight.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > naturally occurring light > [noun] > sunlight or sunshine > twilight

evengloamOE

twilighting1387

crepusculum1398

crepusculec1400

twilightc1440

twinlightc1532

grisping1580

grey1592

owl-light1599

gropsing1606

twatter-light1606

twitterlight1608

dusk1622

grasp1650

torchlighta1656

crepuscle1665

mock-shade1669

dimps1693

duskish1696

dimmit1746

darklins1767

twilight glow1819

gloama1821

owlet light1821

sandhya1876

dusk-light1937

1693 R. Lyde True Acct. Retaking of Ship 24 I got no neerer than a Mile to the Bar, in the dimps of the Night.

1810 Monthly Mag. 29 ii. 435/1 Dumps, dimpse, dampse, dimmet, twilight. D[evonshire].

1867 W. F. Rock in W. W. Skeat Nine Specimens Eng. Dial. (1896) 47 I thort I glimpsed Jan slinge to tha rebeck i' the dimpse.

1885 F. T. Elworthy 8th Rep. Comm. Devonshire Verbal Provincialisms 91 Just as the dempse was coming on.

1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. Dumps, twilight; same as Dimmet.

1892 H. C. O'Neill Devonshire Idyls 25 But 'twas got quite dark all of a minute, and 'twere only in the dimpses when the maid shut her eyes.

1896 G. Chanter Witch of Withyford xii. 149 There be pixies in the dimpsey here.

1925 Glasgow Herald 1 Aug. 4 At the ‘dimpsie’ the colours of the flowers become more etherealised.

B. adj.

Dusky, as ‘It's getting a bit dimpsy’.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > naturally occurring light > [adjective] > of or relating to twilight

crepusculinec1550

twilight1645

crepuscular1755

greying1796

crepusculous1822

dimps1891

the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > evening > [adjective] > of sunset or nightfall

earlya1400

crepusculinec1550

cockshut1592

nightward1631

crepusculous1646

crepuscular1679

sunsetty1860

dimps1891

1891 R. P. Chope Dial. Hartland, Devonshire 40 Twaz gittin' dimps avore us stairted.

1892 in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1900) II. 76 Dimpsy.

1950 L. A. G. Strong Which I Never 161 'Twasn't dark. 'Twasn't more than dimpsey.

1965 in P. Jennings Living Village (1968) 95 The Somerset village of Compton Martin..is on the lower north flanks of the Mendips... Local words include..Dimpsey: dark, twilit.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	dimps
释义	dimpsdimpsyn.adj. Forms: Also 1800s– dampse, dempse, dimpse(s), dimpsey, dimpsie, dumps. Etymology: ? derivative of dim n.², or dialect variant of dumps , dump n.¹ English regional (south-western). A. n. Dusk, twilight. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > naturally occurring light > [noun] > sunlight or sunshine > twilight evengloamOE twilighting1387 crepusculum1398 crepusculec1400 twilightc1440 twinlightc1532 grisping1580 grey1592 owl-light1599 gropsing1606 twatter-light1606 twitterlight1608 dusk1622 grasp1650 torchlighta1656 crepuscle1665 mock-shade1669 dimps1693 duskish1696 dimmit1746 darklins1767 twilight glow1819 gloama1821 owlet light1821 sandhya1876 dusk-light1937 1693 R. Lyde True Acct. Retaking of Ship 24 I got no neerer than a Mile to the Bar, in the dimps of the Night. 1810 Monthly Mag. 29 ii. 435/1 Dumps, dimpse, dampse, dimmet, twilight. D[evonshire]. 1867 W. F. Rock in W. W. Skeat Nine Specimens Eng. Dial. (1896) 47 I thort I glimpsed Jan slinge to tha rebeck i' the dimpse. 1885 F. T. Elworthy 8th Rep. Comm. Devonshire Verbal Provincialisms 91 Just as the dempse was coming on. 1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. Dumps, twilight; same as Dimmet. 1892 H. C. O'Neill Devonshire Idyls 25 But 'twas got quite dark all of a minute, and 'twere only in the dimpses when the maid shut her eyes. 1896 G. Chanter Witch of Withyford xii. 149 There be pixies in the dimpsey here. 1925 Glasgow Herald 1 Aug. 4 At the ‘dimpsie’ the colours of the flowers become more etherealised. B. adj. Dusky, as ‘It's getting a bit dimpsy’. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > naturally occurring light > [adjective] > of or relating to twilight crepusculinec1550 twilight1645 crepuscular1755 greying1796 crepusculous1822 dimps1891 the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > evening > [adjective] > of sunset or nightfall earlya1400 crepusculinec1550 cockshut1592 nightward1631 crepusculous1646 crepuscular1679 sunsetty1860 dimps1891 1891 R. P. Chope Dial. Hartland, Devonshire 40 Twaz gittin' dimps avore us stairted. 1892 in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1900) II. 76 Dimpsy. 1950 L. A. G. Strong Which I Never 161 'Twasn't dark. 'Twasn't more than dimpsey. 1965 in P. Jennings Living Village (1968) 95 The Somerset village of Compton Martin..is on the lower north flanks of the Mendips... Local words include..Dimpsey: dark, twilit. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.adj.1693
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