† demi-islandn.

Forms: Also demi-iland.

Etymology: demi- prefix 11.

Obsolete.

A peninsula.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > promontory, headland, or cape > [noun] > peninsula

peninsulaa1552

byland1577

demi-island1600

half-island1600

chersonese1601

demi-isle1609

penisle1611

near-isle1625

1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxxii. xxi. 822 Peloponnesus is a demie island [L. peninsula].

1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. iv. vi. §8. 290 He was kept vnder sure guard in a demie-iland.

1652 P. Heylyn Cosmographie ii. sig. Ss6 It is in a manner a Peninsula or Demy-Island, environed on three sides by the Sea.

Derivatives

† demi-ˈislander n. Obsolete an inhabitant of a peninsula.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant according to environment > [noun] > inhabitant of isthmus or peninsula

isthmian1601

demi-islandera1649

peninsular1854

a1649 W. Drummond Wks. (1711) 146 We can hardly repair unto you Demi-islanders without dancing and tossing on your Arm of Sea.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	demi-island
释义	† demi-islandn. Forms: Also demi-iland. Etymology: demi- prefix 11. Obsolete. A peninsula. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > promontory, headland, or cape > [noun] > peninsula peninsulaa1552 byland1577 demi-island1600 half-island1600 chersonese1601 demi-isle1609 penisle1611 near-isle1625 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxxii. xxi. 822 Peloponnesus is a demie island [L. peninsula]. 1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. iv. vi. §8. 290 He was kept vnder sure guard in a demie-iland. 1652 P. Heylyn Cosmographie ii. sig. Ss6 It is in a manner a Peninsula or Demy-Island, environed on three sides by the Sea. Derivatives † demi-ˈislander n. Obsolete an inhabitant of a peninsula. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant according to environment > [noun] > inhabitant of isthmus or peninsula isthmian1601 demi-islandera1649 peninsular1854 a1649 W. Drummond Wks. (1711) 146 We can hardly repair unto you Demi-islanders without dancing and tossing on your Arm of Sea. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1600
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