How to pronounce dimity
American English pronunciation
DIM-ih-tee
- IPA
- /ˈdɪmɪti/
- Syllables
- DIM · ih · tee (3 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What dimity means
A light, strong cloth woven with raised stripes or checks
In a sentence: Mom sewed summer curtains from crisp white dimity with thin stripes.
Where it comes from: It goes back through Latin to a Greek word meaning made of double thread.
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