Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
dimness, faintness
(noun) the quality of being dim or lacking contrast
dimness, subduedness
(noun) the property of lights or sounds that lack brilliance or are reduced in intensity
dimness, duskiness
(noun) the state of being poorly illuminated
Source: WordNet® 3.1
dimness (countable and uncountable, plural dimnesses)
The state of being dim, poorly illuminated, almost dark.
• desmins, endisms, missend
Source: Wiktionary
Dim"ness, n. Etym: [AS. dimness.]
1. The state or quality
2. Dullness, or want of clearness, of vision or of intellectual perception. Dr. H. More.
Syn.
– Darkness; obscurity; gloom. See Darkness.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
17 June 2025
(adjective) having deserted a cause or principle; “some provinces had proved recreant”; “renegade supporters of the usurper”
Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.