单词 | semideify |
释义 | semideify in British English (ˌsɛmɪˈdiːɪˌfaɪ, ˌsɛmɪˈdeɪɪˌfaɪ) verbWord forms: -fies, -fying or -fied (transitive) to treat (someone or something) almost as a god semideify in American English (ˌsemiˈdiəˌfai, ˌsemai-) transitive verbWord forms: -fied, -fying to elevate (a person, object, or nature) to the status of a demigod Derived forms semideification noun Word origin [1950–55; semi- + deify]This word is first recorded in the period 1950–55. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Common Market, drip-dry, hot line, point-of-sale, speech recognitionsemi- is a combining form borrowed from Latin, meaning “half,” freely prefixed to Englishwords of any origin, now sometimes with the senses “partially,” “incompletely,” “somewhat”.Other words that use the affix semi- include: semiautomatic, semidetached, semimonthly, semisophisticated |
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