soft but firm and easily cut, as Roquefort cheese, Edam cheese, etc.
semisoft in American English
(ˌsemiˈsɔft, -ˈsɑft, ˌsemai-)
adjective
having a somewhat soft consistency or quality
Word origin
[1900–05; semi- + soft]This word is first recorded in the period 1900–05. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: burnout, decompression, elder statesman, hookup, internshipsemi- 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