Meaning of DIMNESS
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- [n] the quality of being dim
- [n] the property of lacking brilliance
- [n] the state of being poorly illuminated
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| | Synonyms: | | duskiness, faintness, subduedness |
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| | See Also: | | blurriness, dullness, dulness, fogginess, fuzziness, indistinctness, semidarkness | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Dim"ness\, n. [AS. dimness.]
1. The state or quality ? being dim; lack of brightness,
clearness, or distinctness; dullness; obscurity.
2. Dullness, or want of clearness, of vision or of
intellectual perception. --Dr. H. More.
Syn: Darkness; obscurity; gloom. See {Darkness}.
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