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ˈhemi-ˌdemi-ˈsemi used as adj. and sometimes as a combining form in imitation of the use in hemidemisemiquaver (s.v. hemi-).
1929J. Laird Idea of Value ix. 302 Even believers in the ‘unconscious’..seem commonly to hold that the ‘unconscious’ is at least hemi-demi-semi conscious. 1958Spectator 3 Jan. 14/3 What is the point of ideological compromises and hemi-demi-semi pro-Soviet hedging? 1965O. Barfield in J. Gibb Light on C.S. Lewis p. xiii, Hemi-demi-semitone of alteration in the pitch of his voice. |