more than mortal but not completely divine, like a demigod in Greek mythology
semidivine in American English
(ˌsemidɪˈvain, ˌsemai-)
adjective
somewhat more than mortal but less than divine
Word origin
[1590–1600; semi- + divine]This word is first recorded in the period 1590–1600. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: fixture, jolt, mission, operator, teasemi- 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