demisemiquavern.
/ˈdɛmɪˈsɛmɪˌkweɪvə/ Music.
A note of half the value of a semiquaver; the symbol for this note, resembling a quaver, but with three hooks instead of one. Also attributive, as in demisemiquaver rest.
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demisemiquaver1706
semidemisemiquaver1826
hemidemisemiquaver1853
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Demi-semi-quaver, the least Note in Musick.
1822 T. L. Peacock Maid Marian i. 3 The song of the choristers died away in a shake of demisemiquavers.
1848 E. F. Rimbault First Bk. Pianoforte 55 The Demisemiquaver Rest has three crooks turning to the left.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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