The dim magnificence of poetry. --Whewell.
How is the gold become dim! --Lam. iv. 1.
I never saw The heavens so dim by day. --Shak.
Three sleepless nights I passed in sounding on,
Through words and things, a dim and perilous way.
--Wordsworth.
2. Of obscure vision; not seeing clearly; hence, dull of
apprehension; of weak perception; obtuse.
Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow. --Job
xvii. 7.
The understanding is dim. --Rogers.
Note: Obvious compounds: dim-eyed; dim-sighted, etc.
Syn: Obscure; dusky; dark; mysterious; imperfect; dull;
sullied; tarnished.