dimness Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the state of being poorly illuminated
    duskiness.
  2. noun the property of lights or sounds that lack brilliance or are reduced in intensity
    subduedness.
  3. noun the quality of being dim or lacking contrast
    faintness.

WordNet

Dim"ness noun
Etymology
AS. dimness.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913