dimnessn.

/ˈdɪmnɪs/

Etymology: Old English dimnis , dymnys , < dim dim n.² + -ness suffix.

The quality of being dim; want of clearness, brightness, or distinctness; dullness of vision or perception, dimsightedness.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > dimness or absence of brightness > [noun]

dimnessc825

dimc1430

dunnessc1475

dullness1567

dimmedness1596

faintness1651

filminess1727

opacity1794

tenuity1794

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > disordered vision > [noun] > dimness or poor vision

dimnessc825

misteOE

mistinessa1382

scotomiaa1400

scotomya1400

obfuscation?a1425

scotoma1543

purblindness1552

sand-blindness1552

caligation1615

caliginousness1620

weak-sightedness1632

cecutiency1646

caliginosity1657

dimsightedness1662

dim1726

caligo1801

asthenopia1875

greying out?1942

c825 Vesp. Psalter xcvi[i]. 2 Wolcen & dimnis in ymbhwyrfte.

c1000 Sax. Leechd. I. 200 Wiþ eagena dymnysse, genim ðysse sylfan wyrte leaf.

a1300 E.E. Psalter xvii. 10 Dimnes under his fete.

1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) xiii. xx. 450 Abyssus that is depnesse of water hath of hymself dympnesse and depnesse.

1572 J. Bossewell Wks. Armorie ii. f. 67^v The Eagle in age hath darkenes, and dymnes of eyne.

1633 G. Herbert Temple: Sacred Poems 8 A sonne..a fruitfull flame Chasing the fathers dimnesse.

1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 155. ⁋3 In proof of the dimness of our internal Light.

1775 S. J. Pratt Liberal Opinions (1783) IV. 3 Tumbling into the ditch, which my dimness prevented me from seeing.

1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola I. v. 78 The once splendid patch of carpet..had long been worn to dimness.

1887 W. Morris tr. Homer Odyssey I. vii. 113 Round about him still She shed that holy dimness.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

单词	dimness
释义	dimnessn. /ˈdɪmnɪs/ Etymology: Old English dimnis , dymnys , < dim dim n.² + -ness suffix. The quality of being dim; want of clearness, brightness, or distinctness; dullness of vision or perception, dimsightedness. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > dimness or absence of brightness > [noun] dimnessc825 dimc1430 dunnessc1475 dullness1567 dimmedness1596 faintness1651 filminess1727 opacity1794 tenuity1794 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > disordered vision > [noun] > dimness or poor vision dimnessc825 misteOE mistinessa1382 scotomiaa1400 scotomya1400 obfuscation?a1425 scotoma1543 purblindness1552 sand-blindness1552 caligation1615 caliginousness1620 weak-sightedness1632 cecutiency1646 caliginosity1657 dimsightedness1662 dim1726 caligo1801 asthenopia1875 greying out?1942 c825 Vesp. Psalter xcvi[i]. 2 Wolcen & dimnis in ymbhwyrfte. c1000 Sax. Leechd. I. 200 Wiþ eagena dymnysse, genim ðysse sylfan wyrte leaf. a1300 E.E. Psalter xvii. 10 Dimnes under his fete. 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) xiii. xx. 450 Abyssus that is depnesse of water hath of hymself dympnesse and depnesse. 1572 J. Bossewell Wks. Armorie ii. f. 67^v The Eagle in age hath darkenes, and dymnes of eyne. 1633 G. Herbert Temple: Sacred Poems 8 A sonne..a fruitfull flame Chasing the fathers dimnesse. 1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 155. ⁋3 In proof of the dimness of our internal Light. 1775 S. J. Pratt Liberal Opinions (1783) IV. 3 Tumbling into the ditch, which my dimness prevented me from seeing. 1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola I. v. 78 The once splendid patch of carpet..had long been worn to dimness. 1887 W. Morris tr. Homer Odyssey I. vii. 113 Round about him still She shed that holy dimness. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.c825
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