Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Half-eaten.
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- noun A
member of thewarrior caste of the Elema ofPapua New Guinea . - adjective rare
Half -eaten .
Etymologies
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From the Latin sēmēsus; from sēm- ("half-") + ēsus ("eaten"), the perfect passive participle of edō ("I eat").
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Examples
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"No; they're sons of gyps and that kind of thing, who feed on the semese fragments of the high table."
Julian Home 1867
pavonine commented on the word semese
half-eaten. OED
June 8, 2008