DEMI, a prefix, Fr. demi from the Latin Dimidium, signifies half. It is used only in composition.
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Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary
DEMI, a prefix, Fr. demi from the Latin Dimidium, signifies half. It is used only in composition.
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