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semese
English
Etymology 1
From the Latin s?m?sus; from s?m- (“half-”) + ?sus (“eaten”), the perfect passive participle of ed? (“I eat”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) enPR: s?m?s?, IPA(key): /s??mi?s/
Adjective
semese (not comparable)
- (rare) Half-eaten.
- 1859: Frederic William Farrar, Julian Home: A Tale of College Life, chapter VII: “The Scorn of Scorn”, page 89 (1866 publication)
- “Ha, ha, ha!” said Bruce. “No; they’re sons of gyps and that kind of thing, who feed on the semese fragments of the high table.”
- 1903 June 6, Dean Farrar as Headmaster, published in The Living Age, 7th series, volume XIX (from the beginning, volume CCXXXVII), number 3074:
- But what was my indignation, vexation and shame when I discovered them greedily engaged in ravenously devouring the semese fragments of a barbaric repast.
- 1859: Frederic William Farrar, Julian Home: A Tale of College Life, chapter VII: “The Scorn of Scorn”, page 89 (1866 publication)
Translations
References
- “se?mese, a.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
Noun
semese (plural semese)
- A member of the warrior caste of the Elema of Papua New Guinea.
- 2009: Arthur James Todd, The Primitive Family as an Educational Agency, page 208
- During this period they meet the semese or fighting men of the tribe, “from whom they receive every incentive to become warriors.” Finally there are certain endurance tests that each heapu must pass before he is considered eligible to become a semese. “Of these the most important tests are, chewing upe (the root of the ginger plant), and drinking the urine of the semese chief.” The wind-up of the whole affair is the feast at which the heapu at last becomes a full-fledged semese and is entrusted with its mysteries; but this mystery feast is really an anticlimax and frequently disappoints the candidates.
- 2009: Arthur James Todd, The Primitive Family as an Educational Agency, page 208
Translations
Anagrams
- Meeses, emeses, seemes
semese From the web:
sememe
English
Noun
sememe (plural sememes)
- (linguistics) The smallest unit of meaning; especially the meaning expressed by a morpheme.
Related terms
- semantic
- sememic
- sememically
- sememics
Anagrams
- ememes
sememe From the web:
- what is sememe and seme
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