dimmitn.
/ˈdɪmɪt/ south-western dialect.
Dusk, twilight.
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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
the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > evening > [noun] > twilight, dusk, or nightfall
nighteOE
evengloamOE
eveningOE
gloamingc1000
darknessa1382
twilighting1387
crepusculum1398
crepusculec1400
darkc1400
twilight1412
sky1515
twinlightc1532
day-going?1552
cockshut1592
shutting1598
blind man's holiday1599
candle-lighting1605
gropsing1606
nightfall1612
dusk1622
torchlighta1656
candlelight1663
crepuscle1665
shut1667
mock-shade1669
close1696
duskish1696
glooma1699
setting1699
dimmit1746
to-fall of the day or night1748
darklins1767
even-close1781
mirkning1790
gloaming-shot1793
darkening1814
bat-flying time1818
gloama1821
between-light1821
settle1822
dayfall1823
evenfall1825
onfall1825
owl-hoot1832
glooming1842
darkfall1884
smokefall1936
dusk-light1937
1746 Exmoor Scolding (ed. 3) ii. 10 In the Desk o' tha Yeaveling, jest in tha Dimmet.
1746 ‘Devoniensis’ Let. in Gentleman's Mag. Aug. 406/1 Dimmet..the dusk of the evening.
1859 E. Capern Ballads & Songs (new ed.) 132 I, with my arms, in the dimmit of day, Will snare the bold son of the sea.
1879 G. MacDonald Paul Faber III. xiv. 237 He likes his little ones to tell their fancies in the dimmits about the nursery fire.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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