demyn.adj.

/dɪˈmʌɪ/

Forms: Plural demies. Also Middle English–1500s demye, 1500s demie, deamy, dymye.

Etymology: An early spelling of demi n., retained when this is used as a separate word. The uses are all elliptical, and quite independent of each other.

†1. A gold coin current in Scotland in the 15th century: apparently, originally, the half-mark (demi-mark n. at demi- prefix 1a(a)), but rising in value with the depreciation of the silver coin from 6s. 8d. to 12s. Scots. Obsolete.

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society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > Scottish coins > [noun] > gold coins

rider1367

rial1420

demy1440

lew1467

unicorn1487

liona1572

lion noble1586

thistle noble1590

hat piece1598

bonnet piece1684

thistle-crown1726

lozenge lion1890

1440 J. Shirley Cron. Dethe James Stewarde (1818) 9 That whoso myght slee or tak hyme..shuld have iii thousand demyes of gold, every pece worth half an Englissh Noble.

1451 Sc. Acts 8 Jas. II, §33 (1597) The Demy that now runnis for nine shillenges.

1455 Sc. Acts 13 James II §59 It is thocht expedient that the Demy be cryed to ten shillinges.

1489 in Accts. Ld. High Treasurer Scotl. Item to Inglis pyparis that com to the Castel ȝet and playt to the King xij demyss.

1497 in Accts. Ld. High Treasurer Scotl. Giffen to the cartes [cards] agane xxxij Franch crovnis, x Scottes crovnis and demyis, thre [ridaris], tua vnicornis.

†2. ‘A short close vest’ (Fairholt): cf. demi- prefix 2. Obsolete.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > underwear > [noun] > vest or undershirt > other

demy?1499

waistcoat1606

singlet1763

day shift1765

jersey1837

merinoc1915

T-shirt1920

Jacky Howe1936

string vest1951

?1499 J. Skelton Bowge of Courte (de Worde) sig. Biij Of kyrkeby kendall was his shorte demye.

1540 in G. J. Piccope Lancs. & Cheshire Wills (1857) I. 189 To my doughter Katheryn my best demye.

1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 41 He..stript him out of his golden demy or mandillion, and flead him.

3. Paper-making. Name of a certain size of paper. (Properly adj.; also elliptical as n. = demy paper.)Demy printing paper measures 17¹/ ₂ x 22¹/ ₂ inches; demy writing paper is in Great Britain 15¹/ ₂ x 20, in United States 16 x 21.

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society > communication > printing > paper > [noun] > sizes of

royal paper1497

small paper1497

sheet1510

demy1546

imperial1572

pot1579

quarto1580

grape1611

crown paper1620

foolscap1660

bastard1711

copy1712

crown1712

vigesimo-quarto1864

columbier1875

society > communication > printing > paper > [adjective] > sizes of paper

demy1546

imperial1658

super-royal1681

medium1711

royal1780

society > communication > writing > writing materials > material to write on > paper > [noun] > paper of specific size

paper royal1497

paper rial1501

sheet1510

demy1546

imperial1572

pot1579

lily-pot1593

grape1611

cap1620

crown paper1620

post1648

foolscap1660

bastard1711

copy1712

crown1712

Kentish cap1766

vessel of paper1790

antiquarian1815

quartern1819

quatrain1819

Albert note1846

cap-paper1854

sermon paper1855

Albert1859

columbier1875

Albert notepaper1881

cuatro1904

duchess1923

half-imperial-

society > communication > writing > writing materials > material to write on > paper > [adjective] > designating international standard paper size > specific size of paper

demy1546

imperial1658

foolscap1671

super-royal1681

medium1711

royal1780

pinched1893

1546 T. Langley tr. P. Vergil Abridgem. Notable Worke ii. vi. 45 b There be diuerse maner of papers, as paper royal, paper demy, blotting paper, marchauntes paper.

1589 ‘M. Marprelate’ Epitome B An hundred threescore and twelue sheets, of good Demie paper.

1712 Act 10 Anne in London Gaz. No. 5018/3 For all Paper called..Demy fine, 4s. Demy second, 2s. 6d. Demy printing, 1s. 8d.

1790 J. Wolcot Benevolent Epist. to Sylvanus Urban in Wks. (1812) II. 251 His nice-discerning Knowledge none deny On Crown, Imperial, Foolscap, and Demy.

1878 Printing Trades Jrnl. xxv. 9 A demy 8^vo. pamphlet of about a dozen pages.

4. A foundation scholar at Magdalen College, Oxford.So called because their allowance or ‘commons’ was originally half that of a Fellow: the Latin term is semi-communarius.

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society > education > learning > learner > college or university student > [noun] > student receiving allowance

sizer1303

demya1486

postmaster1552

portionist1562

sizar1588

subsister?1589

subsizara1592

servitor1626

taberdar1648

semi-commoner1691

a1486 Stat. Magdalen Coll. (MS.) 6 De electione scholarium voc' Dymyes.

a1486 Stat. Magdalen Coll. (MS.) 6 Pro communis cujuslibet triginta pauperum scholarium, qui Demyes vulgariter nuncupantur dimidium summae illius quam pro quolibet alio socio.

1536 Act 27 Hen. VIII c. 42 §1 in Enactments Parl. conc. Univ. Oxf. & Cambr. (1869) 12 Felawes, Scolers, Dymyes.

1615 P. Heylyn Memoranda 22 July in Mem. Waynflete (1851) p. xiii I was chosen Demie of Magdalen College.

1691 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses I. 14 William Lilye was..elected one of the Demies or Semi-commoners of St. Mary Magd. Coll.

1738 Defoe's Tour Great Brit. (ed. 2) II. 214 Magdalen College..has a President, 40 Fellows, a School-master, 30 Scholars call'd Demies.

1880 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People IV. viii. iii. 20 The expulsion of the Fellows was followed..by that of the Demies.

5. Short for demi-bar n.: A kind of false dice used in cheating.

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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > dice-playing > [noun] > die or dice > false or loaded

stop-dice1540

bar1545

flat1545

gourd1545

barred dicec1555

bristle-dicec1555

fulhamc1555

graviersc1555

high manc1555

langretc1555

low manc1555

cheat1567

dice of vantage?1577

demy1591

forger1591

squarier1592

tallmen?1592

stop cater trey1605

demi-bar1606

downhill1664

high runner1670

low runner1670

doctor1688

tat1688

uphill1699

cut1711

loaded dice1771

dispatcher1798

dispatch1819

miss-out1928

1591 R. Greene Notable Discouery of Coosenage f. 8^v The name of their Chetes, Bard dice, Flattes, Forgers, Langrets, Gourds, Demies, and many others.

1801 Sporting Mag. 18 100 A bale of demies.

†6. A half-grown lad, a youth. Obsolete.

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the world > people > person > young person > youth or young man > [noun]

frumberdlingc1000

young manOE

childc1225

hind1297

pagec1300

youtha1325

fawnc1369

swainc1386

stripling1398

boy1440

springaldc1450

jovencel1490

younkera1522

speara1529

gorrel1530

lad1535

hobbledehoy1540

cockerel1547

waga1556

spring1559

loonc1560

hensure1568

youngster1577

imp1578

pigsney1581

cocklinga1586

demy1589

muchacho1591

shaver1592

snipper-snappera1593

callant1597

spaught1598

stubble boy1598

ghillie1603

codling1612

cuba1616

skippera1616

man-boy1637

sprig1646

callow1651

halflang1660

stubbed boy1683

gossoon1684

gilpie1718

stirraha1722

young lion1792

halfling1794

pubescent1795

young man1810

sixteener1824

señorito1843

tad1845

boysie1846

shaveling1854

ephebe1880

boychick1921

lightie1946

young blood1967

studmuffin1986

1589 W. Warner Albions Eng. (new ed.) v. xxvii. 117 Next but demies, nor boyes, nor men, our daungerous times succeede.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	demy
释义	demyn.adj. /dɪˈmʌɪ/ Forms: Plural demies. Also Middle English–1500s demye, 1500s demie, deamy, dymye. Etymology: An early spelling of demi n., retained when this is used as a separate word. The uses are all elliptical, and quite independent of each other. †1. A gold coin current in Scotland in the 15th century: apparently, originally, the half-mark (demi-mark n. at demi- prefix 1a(a)), but rising in value with the depreciation of the silver coin from 6s. 8d. to 12s. Scots. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > Scottish coins > [noun] > gold coins rider1367 rial1420 demy1440 lew1467 unicorn1487 liona1572 lion noble1586 thistle noble1590 hat piece1598 bonnet piece1684 thistle-crown1726 lozenge lion1890 1440 J. Shirley Cron. Dethe James Stewarde (1818) 9 That whoso myght slee or tak hyme..shuld have iii thousand demyes of gold, every pece worth half an Englissh Noble. 1451 Sc. Acts 8 Jas. II, §33 (1597) The Demy that now runnis for nine shillenges. 1455 Sc. Acts 13 James II §59 It is thocht expedient that the Demy be cryed to ten shillinges. 1489 in Accts. Ld. High Treasurer Scotl. Item to Inglis pyparis that com to the Castel ȝet and playt to the King xij demyss. 1497 in Accts. Ld. High Treasurer Scotl. Giffen to the cartes [cards] agane xxxij Franch crovnis, x Scottes crovnis and demyis, thre [ridaris], tua vnicornis. †2. ‘A short close vest’ (Fairholt): cf. demi- prefix 2. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > underwear > [noun] > vest or undershirt > other demy?1499 waistcoat1606 singlet1763 day shift1765 jersey1837 merinoc1915 T-shirt1920 Jacky Howe1936 string vest1951 ?1499 J. Skelton Bowge of Courte (de Worde) sig. Biij Of kyrkeby kendall was his shorte demye. 1540 in G. J. Piccope Lancs. & Cheshire Wills (1857) I. 189 To my doughter Katheryn my best demye. 1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 41 He..stript him out of his golden demy or mandillion, and flead him. 3. Paper-making. Name of a certain size of paper. (Properly adj.; also elliptical as n. = demy paper.)Demy printing paper measures 17¹/ ₂ x 22¹/ ₂ inches; demy writing paper is in Great Britain 15¹/ ₂ x 20, in United States 16 x 21. ΘΚΠ society > communication > printing > paper > [noun] > sizes of royal paper1497 small paper1497 sheet1510 demy1546 imperial1572 pot1579 quarto1580 grape1611 crown paper1620 foolscap1660 bastard1711 copy1712 crown1712 vigesimo-quarto1864 columbier1875 society > communication > printing > paper > [adjective] > sizes of paper demy1546 imperial1658 super-royal1681 medium1711 royal1780 society > communication > writing > writing materials > material to write on > paper > [noun] > paper of specific size paper royal1497 paper rial1501 sheet1510 demy1546 imperial1572 pot1579 lily-pot1593 grape1611 cap1620 crown paper1620 post1648 foolscap1660 bastard1711 copy1712 crown1712 Kentish cap1766 vessel of paper1790 antiquarian1815 quartern1819 quatrain1819 Albert note1846 cap-paper1854 sermon paper1855 Albert1859 columbier1875 Albert notepaper1881 cuatro1904 duchess1923 half-imperial- society > communication > writing > writing materials > material to write on > paper > [adjective] > designating international standard paper size > specific size of paper demy1546 imperial1658 foolscap1671 super-royal1681 medium1711 royal1780 pinched1893 1546 T. Langley tr. P. Vergil Abridgem. Notable Worke ii. vi. 45 b There be diuerse maner of papers, as paper royal, paper demy, blotting paper, marchauntes paper. 1589 ‘M. Marprelate’ Epitome B An hundred threescore and twelue sheets, of good Demie paper. 1712 Act 10 Anne in London Gaz. No. 5018/3 For all Paper called..Demy fine, 4s. Demy second, 2s. 6d. Demy printing, 1s. 8d. 1790 J. Wolcot Benevolent Epist. to Sylvanus Urban in Wks. (1812) II. 251 His nice-discerning Knowledge none deny On Crown, Imperial, Foolscap, and Demy. 1878 Printing Trades Jrnl. xxv. 9 A demy 8^vo. pamphlet of about a dozen pages. 4. A foundation scholar at Magdalen College, Oxford.So called because their allowance or ‘commons’ was originally half that of a Fellow: the Latin term is semi-communarius. ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > learner > college or university student > [noun] > student receiving allowance sizer1303 demya1486 postmaster1552 portionist1562 sizar1588 subsister?1589 subsizara1592 servitor1626 taberdar1648 semi-commoner1691 a1486 Stat. Magdalen Coll. (MS.) 6 De electione scholarium voc' Dymyes. a1486 Stat. Magdalen Coll. (MS.) 6 Pro communis cujuslibet triginta pauperum scholarium, qui Demyes vulgariter nuncupantur dimidium summae illius quam pro quolibet alio socio. 1536 Act 27 Hen. VIII c. 42 §1 in Enactments Parl. conc. Univ. Oxf. & Cambr. (1869) 12 Felawes, Scolers, Dymyes. 1615 P. Heylyn Memoranda 22 July in Mem. Waynflete (1851) p. xiii I was chosen Demie of Magdalen College. 1691 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses I. 14 William Lilye was..elected one of the Demies or Semi-commoners of St. Mary Magd. Coll. 1738 Defoe's Tour Great Brit. (ed. 2) II. 214 Magdalen College..has a President, 40 Fellows, a School-master, 30 Scholars call'd Demies. 1880 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People IV. viii. iii. 20 The expulsion of the Fellows was followed..by that of the Demies. 5. Short for demi-bar n.: A kind of false dice used in cheating. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > dice-playing > [noun] > die or dice > false or loaded stop-dice1540 bar1545 flat1545 gourd1545 barred dicec1555 bristle-dicec1555 fulhamc1555 graviersc1555 high manc1555 langretc1555 low manc1555 cheat1567 dice of vantage?1577 demy1591 forger1591 squarier1592 tallmen?1592 stop cater trey1605 demi-bar1606 downhill1664 high runner1670 low runner1670 doctor1688 tat1688 uphill1699 cut1711 loaded dice1771 dispatcher1798 dispatch1819 miss-out1928 1591 R. Greene Notable Discouery of Coosenage f. 8^v The name of their Chetes, Bard dice, Flattes, Forgers, Langrets, Gourds, Demies, and many others. 1801 Sporting Mag. 18 100 A bale of demies. †6. A half-grown lad, a youth. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > young person > youth or young man > [noun] frumberdlingc1000 young manOE childc1225 hind1297 pagec1300 youtha1325 fawnc1369 swainc1386 stripling1398 boy1440 springaldc1450 jovencel1490 younkera1522 speara1529 gorrel1530 lad1535 hobbledehoy1540 cockerel1547 waga1556 spring1559 loonc1560 hensure1568 youngster1577 imp1578 pigsney1581 cocklinga1586 demy1589 muchacho1591 shaver1592 snipper-snappera1593 callant1597 spaught1598 stubble boy1598 ghillie1603 codling1612 cuba1616 skippera1616 man-boy1637 sprig1646 callow1651 halflang1660 stubbed boy1683 gossoon1684 gilpie1718 stirraha1722 young lion1792 halfling1794 pubescent1795 young man1810 sixteener1824 señorito1843 tad1845 boysie1846 shaveling1854 ephebe1880 boychick1921 lightie1946 young blood1967 studmuffin1986 1589 W. Warner Albions Eng. (new ed.) v. xxvii. 117 Next but demies, nor boyes, nor men, our daungerous times succeede. 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