dimityn.

/ˈdɪmɪti/

Forms: Middle English demyt, 1500s dimite, 1600s dimmety, dimmity, dimetty, 1700s demity, dimitty, 1700s– dimity.

Etymology: In 15–16th cent. demyt, dimite, < Italian dimito ‘a kind of coarse cotton or flanell’ (Florio 1598), ‘a kind of course linzie-wolzie’ (Florio 1611) = medieval Latin dimitum (12th cent. in Du Cange), < Greek δίμιτος of double thread, (noun) dimity, < δι-, δίς twice + μίτος thread of the warp. It is not certain how the final -y arose: could it represent Italian plural dimiti? Compare the plural in Du Cange's quot.: ‘amita, dimitaque, et trimita’, explained to mean fabrics woven with one, two, or three threads respectively. The relation to these of the Persian word dimyāṭī, explained as ‘a kind of cotton cloth, dimity’, which has the form of a derivative of Dimyāṭ, Damietta, is not clear.

a. A stout cotton fabric, woven with raised stripes or fancy figures; usually employed undyed for beds and bedroom hangings, and sometimes for garments.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > cotton > [noun] > having raised, ribbed, or corded surface

dimity1569

Marseilles quilting1751

corduroy1795

piqué1807

cotton-rib1824

cotton rep1882

Bedford cord1912

1569 G. Campion Let. 14 Feb. in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (1599) II. i. 127 We do vse to buy many of their silke quilts, and of their Scamato and Dimite, that the poore people make in that towne [sc. Scio].

1618 ( Inventory in E. Peacock Eng. Church Furnit. (1866) 182 A vestment of white demyt for lenten and vigils.

1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. viii. 358 A hundred Camels loaden with Silkes, Dimmeties, and other Commodities.

1636 W. Davenant Witts i. sig. B3 A Booke wrapp'd in a greene Dimity Bagge.

c1710 C. Fiennes Diary (1888) 236 A half bedstead as the new mode, dimity w^th fine shades of worstead works well made up.

1743 H. Fielding Jonathan Wild i. x, in Misc. III. 59 His wastecoat was a white Dimity richly embroidered with yellow Silk.

1819 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto I xii. 9 Her morning dress was dimity.

1879 ‘E. Garrett’ House by Wks. I. 97 Else..washed the pretty dimities oftener than even Lois thought necessary.

1880 G. C. M. Birdwood Indian Arts II. 76 Fustians, dimities and vermilions from cotton-wool had been made in London and in Manchester from 1641.

b. attributive. Made of dimity.

1639 J. Mayne Citye Match i. iv Thy dimity breeches.

1762 Gentleman's Mag. May 204/1 Put on a dimitty waistcoat.

1856 D. M. Mulock John Halifax I. xi. 248 Some sort of white dimity gown that she wore.

1861 J. W. Carlyle Lett. III. 79 In our white dimity beds.

1876 M. E. Braddon Joshua Haggard's Daughter I. 108 The dimity window curtains.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	dimity
释义	dimityn. /ˈdɪmɪti/ Forms: Middle English demyt, 1500s dimite, 1600s dimmety, dimmity, dimetty, 1700s demity, dimitty, 1700s– dimity. Etymology: In 15–16th cent. demyt, dimite, < Italian dimito ‘a kind of coarse cotton or flanell’ (Florio 1598), ‘a kind of course linzie-wolzie’ (Florio 1611) = medieval Latin dimitum (12th cent. in Du Cange), < Greek δίμιτος of double thread, (noun) dimity, < δι-, δίς twice + μίτος thread of the warp. It is not certain how the final -y arose: could it represent Italian plural dimiti? Compare the plural in Du Cange's quot.: ‘amita, dimitaque, et trimita’, explained to mean fabrics woven with one, two, or three threads respectively. The relation to these of the Persian word dimyāṭī, explained as ‘a kind of cotton cloth, dimity’, which has the form of a derivative of Dimyāṭ, Damietta, is not clear. a. A stout cotton fabric, woven with raised stripes or fancy figures; usually employed undyed for beds and bedroom hangings, and sometimes for garments. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > cotton > [noun] > having raised, ribbed, or corded surface dimity1569 Marseilles quilting1751 corduroy1795 piqué1807 cotton-rib1824 cotton rep1882 Bedford cord1912 1569 G. Campion Let. 14 Feb. in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (1599) II. i. 127 We do vse to buy many of their silke quilts, and of their Scamato and Dimite, that the poore people make in that towne [sc. Scio]. 1618 ( Inventory in E. Peacock Eng. Church Furnit. (1866) 182 A vestment of white demyt for lenten and vigils. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. viii. 358 A hundred Camels loaden with Silkes, Dimmeties, and other Commodities. 1636 W. Davenant Witts i. sig. B3 A Booke wrapp'd in a greene Dimity Bagge. c1710 C. Fiennes Diary (1888) 236 A half bedstead as the new mode, dimity w^th fine shades of worstead works well made up. 1743 H. Fielding Jonathan Wild i. x, in Misc. III. 59 His wastecoat was a white Dimity richly embroidered with yellow Silk. 1819 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto I xii. 9 Her morning dress was dimity. 1879 ‘E. Garrett’ House by Wks. I. 97 Else..washed the pretty dimities oftener than even Lois thought necessary. 1880 G. C. M. Birdwood Indian Arts II. 76 Fustians, dimities and vermilions from cotton-wool had been made in London and in Manchester from 1641. b. attributive. Made of dimity. Π 1639 J. Mayne Citye Match i. iv Thy dimity breeches. 1762 Gentleman's Mag. May 204/1 Put on a dimitty waistcoat. 1856 D. M. Mulock John Halifax I. xi. 248 Some sort of white dimity gown that she wore. 1861 J. W. Carlyle Lett. III. 79 In our white dimity beds. 1876 M. E. Braddon Joshua Haggard's Daughter I. 108 The dimity window curtains. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1569
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