Meaning
1 senses(archaic, uncountable)Dimness.
Examples
87 sentencesTom asked me to dim the lights.
Tom asked Mary to dim the lights.
The theater dimmed, and the movie began.
Does Tom seem dim-witted to you?
The light in the room grew dim.
Origin
From Middle English dim, dym, from Old English dim, dimm (“dim, dark, gloomy; wretched, grFrom Middle English dim, dym, from Old English dim, dimm (“dim, dark, gloomy; wretched, grievous, sad, unhappy”), from Proto-West Germanic *dimm, from Proto-Germanic *dimmaz (“dark”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰem- (“to whisk, smoke; obscure”). Compare Faroese dimmur (“dark”), Icelandic dimmur (“dark”) and dimma (“darkness”).
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Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable