From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Demi \De*mi"\, noun See {Demy}, noun
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Demi- \Dem"i-\ [F. demi-, fr. L. dimidius half; di- = dis- + medius middle. See {Medium}, and cf. {Demy}, {Dimidiate}.] A prefix, signifying half.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Demy \De*my"\, noun; pl. {Demies}. [See {Demi-}.]
1. A printing and a writing paper of particular sizes. See under {Paper}.
2. A half fellow at Magdalen College, Oxford. [Written also {demi}.]
He was elected into Magdalen College as a demy; a term by which that society denominates those elsewhere called ''scholars,'' young men who partake of the founder's benefaction, and succeed in their order to vacant fellowships. --Johnson.
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