dimmest

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dimmest - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Dim \Dim\, a. [Compar. Dimmer; superl. Dimmest.] [AS. dim;
     akin to OFries. dim, Icel. dimmr: cf. MHG. timmer, timber; of
     uncertain origin.]
     1. Not bright or distinct; wanting luminousness or clearness;
        obscure in luster or sound; dusky; darkish; obscure;
        indistinct; overcast; tarnished.
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              The dim magnificence of poetry.       --Whewell.
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              How is the gold become dim!           --Lam. iv. 1.
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              I never saw
              The heavens so dim by day.            --Shak.
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              Three sleepless nights I passed in sounding on,
              Through words and things, a dim and perilous way.
                                                    --Wordsworth.
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     2. Of obscure vision; not seeing clearly; hence, dull of
        apprehension; of weak perception; obtuse.
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              Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow. --Job
                                                    xvii. 7.
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              The understanding is dim.             --Rogers.
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     Note: Obvious compounds: dim-eyed; dim-sighted, etc.
  
     Syn: Obscure; dusky; dark; mysterious; imperfect; dull;
          sullied; tarnished.
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