dimity
/ˈdɪmɪti
/noun [mass noun]
A hard-wearing cotton fabric woven with stripes or checks: a nightcap in white dimity edged with lace [as modifier]: gay dimity curtains...
- Truss a few starlets into whalebone corsets and swathe them in yards of dimity.
Origin
Late Middle English: from Italian dimito or medieval Latin dimitum, from Greek dimitos, from di- 'twice' + mitos 'warp thread'; the origin of the final -y is unknown.
Rhymes
- overteem
- overteeming
- overtell
- over-tender
- over-tenderness
- over the air
- over-the-board
- over the counter
- over the fence
- over the hill
- over the hump
- over the long haul
- over the moon
- over the odds
- over there
- over-the-road
- over the sticks
- over the top
- over the transom
- over the wicket
- overthink
- overthought
- over-thoughtful
- overthrow
- overthrowable