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Dimmers

[dim-er] Origin

dim·mer

[dim-er]
noun
1.
a person or thing that dims.
2.
Also called dimmer switch. a rheostat or similar device by which the intensity of an electric light may be varied.
3.
dimmers,
a.
the low-beam headlights of an automobile or truck.
b.
the small, parking lights of an automobile.

Origin:
1815–25; dim + -er1
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Dimmers is always a great word to know.
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an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
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Word Origin & History

dimmer
1822, agent noun from dim. Of mechanisms for reducing the brightness of electric lights, from 1905.
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