demi

Meanings

1. Alternative spelling of demy.
2. A fifty pence piece.
3. A bottle of wine containing 0.375 liters of fluid, half the volume of a standard bottle; a split.
4. A small glass used chiefly in France (especially for beer) holding 250 milliliters.

1. A member of the demimonde; a woman maintained by a wealthy man.

1. Demisexual.

1. A female given name, a diminutive of Demetria introduced into English in the 1990s by the actress Demi Moore.

Etymology

From Middle English demi, from Anglo-Norman demi, from Latin dimidius. Literally, “half”.