Demi

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Demi- \Dem"i-\ [F. demi-, fr. L. dimidius half; di- = dis- +
     medius middle. See {Medium}, and cf. {Demy}, {Dimidiate}.]
     A prefix, signifying half.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Demi \De*mi"\, n.
     See {Demy}, n.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Demy \De*my"\, n.; pl. {Demies}. [See {Demi-}.]
     1. A printing and a writing paper of particular sizes. See
        under {Paper}.
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     2. A half fellow at Magdalen College, Oxford. [Written also
        {demi}.]
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              He was elected into Magdalen College as a demy; a
              term by which that society denominates those
              elsewhere called "scholars," young men who partake
              of the founder's benefaction, and succeed in their
              order to vacant fellowships.          --Johnson.
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