Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A prefix denoting ‘half.’
- noun Same as
demy , 2.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun See
demy , n.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Alternative spelling of
demy . - noun slang a fifty pence piece.
- noun A
bottle ofwine containing 0.375liters of fluid, 1/2 the volume of a standard bottle; asplit .
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word demi.
Examples
-
(selena is wearing outfit 22 demi is wearing #18) demi - * laughs, parks the car and gets out* come on! selena - gets out and walks with demi* this is fun demi - * laughs* i know * they walk into the school, all eyes on them*???
WN.com - Articles related to Catholic Charity and Sprint Tangle Over Texting 2010
-
(selena is wearing outfit 22 demi is wearing #18) demi - * laughs, parks the car and gets out* come on! selena - gets out and walks with demi* this is fun demi - * laughs* i know * they walk into the school, all eyes on them*???
WN.com - Articles related to Catholic Charity and Sprint Tangle Over Texting 2010
-
(selena is wearing outfit 22 demi is wearing #18) demi - * laughs, parks the car and gets out* come on! selena - gets out and walks with demi* this is fun demi - * laughs* i know * they walk into the school, all eyes on them*???
WN.com - Articles related to Catholic Charity and Sprint Tangle Over Texting 2010
-
(selena is wearing outfit 22 demi is wearing #18) demi - * laughs, parks the car and gets out* come on! selena - gets out and walks with demi* this is fun demi - * laughs* i know * they walk into the school, all eyes on them*???
WN.com - Articles related to Catholic Charity and Sprint Tangle Over Texting 2010
-
On this occasion, too, he climbed up the stairs of the Capitol on his knees, without noticing at all either the chariot which he had dedicated to Jupiter, or the image of the inhabited world lying beneath his feet, or the inscription upon it: later on, however, he erased from that inscription the name demi-god.
-
It seems that the fashion so long prevalent of ladies going out at this hour in demi-toilet is passing away, bonnets and close dresses being now in vogue; but many still hold to the old fashion, and the effect is rather pretty as they promenade under the great avenues or flash past in carriages in the gathering dusk.
Insulinde: Experiences of a Naturalist's Wife in the Eastern Archipelago 1887
-
In the first _berline_ (as they call the demi-gala blue landaus) were the Emperor and the King; in the second were the Prince of Naples and
-
But there are so many "demi" - people, and demi-clever people (who are at least as dangerous to Art as the demi-monde is to morals, according to Alexandre Dumas), who say such utter stupidities about me in the papers and elsewhere, that I really should not like to die yet, if only not to disturb their beautiful business.
Letters Liszt, Franz 1893
-
April 14th, 2009 at 6: 39 pm miley sucks demi and selena are 1,00 time better demi is much prettier then her more with her new look she doesnt look the same but she looks so good i love it and so does selena she is too pretty to be true they are all way better then milley i love demis new song dont forget she can even sing 500000 time better than miley she has a high pitch voice that sound good and mileys is like she has a hot dog in her thoroat it sound horrible she is so not goos looking michelle meza Says:
-
Small Culverin: Also known as the demi-culverin, this weapon fires a 10 lb shot and is suitable for mounting on many ships, including on the top deck.
biocon commented on the word demi
Demi means 1. adjective (& adverb) half; half-sized, diminutive; 2. (noun) a half (Oxford English Dictionary).
August 15, 2011
rolig commented on the word demi
You forgot: 3. the much older wife of young studly actor (and ex-wife of a older studly actor)
August 15, 2011
alexz commented on the word demi
Quebec term for a Canadian bill cut in half.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/demi-canadian-bill-becoming-local-currency-in-quebec-s-gasp%C3%A9-region-1.3207027
Residents in Quebec's Gaspé region are cutting Canadian bills in half to create a new local currency they call the "demi." '
August 30, 2015