hemi-demi-semiprefix

The first and fifth syllables of this prefix may sound fairly equally stressed, but except for where primary stress is attracted to a subsequent element, the primary stress is likely to fall on the fifth syllable (e.g. hemi-demi-semitone Brit.

/ˌhɛmɪdɛmɪˈsɛmɪtəʊn/, U.S.

/ˌhɛməˌdɛməˈsɛməˌtoʊn/,

/ˌhɛmiˌdɛmiˈsɛmiˌtoʊn/).

Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈhemi-ˌdemi-ˈsemi.

used as adjective and sometimes as a combining form in imitation of the use in hemidemisemiquaver n. at hemi- prefix 3.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adverb] > in or by a very small degree or amount

just1600

diminutively1750

infinitesimally1850

minutely1854

fractionally1871

hemi-demi-semi1929

the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > slight > very slight

hemi-demi-semi1958

1929 J. Laird Idea of Value ix. 302 Even believers in the ‘unconscious’..seem commonly to hold that the ‘unconscious’ is at least hemi-demi-semi conscious.

1958 Spectator 3 Jan. 14/3 What is the point of ideological compromises and hemi-demi-semi pro-Soviet hedging?

1965 O. Barfield in J. Gibb Light on C.S. Lewis p. xiii Hemi-demi-semitone of alteration in the pitch of his voice.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	hemi-demi-semi
释义	hemi-demi-semiprefix The first and fifth syllables of this prefix may sound fairly equally stressed, but except for where primary stress is attracted to a subsequent element, the primary stress is likely to fall on the fifth syllable (e.g. hemi-demi-semitone Brit. /ˌhɛmɪdɛmɪˈsɛmɪtəʊn/, U.S. /ˌhɛməˌdɛməˈsɛməˌtoʊn/, /ˌhɛmiˌdɛmiˈsɛmiˌtoʊn/). Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈhemi-ˌdemi-ˈsemi. used as adjective and sometimes as a combining form in imitation of the use in hemidemisemiquaver n. at hemi- prefix 3. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adverb] > in or by a very small degree or amount just1600 diminutively1750 infinitesimally1850 minutely1854 fractionally1871 hemi-demi-semi1929 the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > slight > very slight hemi-demi-semi1958 1929 J. Laird Idea of Value ix. 302 Even believers in the ‘unconscious’..seem commonly to hold that the ‘unconscious’ is at least hemi-demi-semi conscious. 1958 Spectator 3 Jan. 14/3 What is the point of ideological compromises and hemi-demi-semi pro-Soviet hedging? 1965 O. Barfield in J. Gibb Light on C.S. Lewis p. xiii Hemi-demi-semitone of alteration in the pitch of his voice. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < prefix1929
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