dimmish

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adjective

Somewhat dim.

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Meanings

adjectivedimmish (comparative more dimmish, superlative most dimmish)

comparative more dimmish · superlative most dimmish

  1. Somewhat dim.

    The airport buildings were in darkness except for a few dimmish lights in the lounge.

    1982, Lawrence Durrell, chapter 6, in Constance, New York: Viking, page 144
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    […] there is a great shut-in meadow […] and as the sun goes down it is dimmish in there, but away up against the sky you see the big peaks towering up and shining bright and vivid in the sun […]

    1907, Mark Twain, chapter 4, in A Horse’s Tale, New York: Harper, page 28

Origin

From dim + -ish.

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dimmish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dimmish

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dimmish,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dimmish.

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