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demirip

demirip is the alternative form of demirep.

Meaning of demirep

Noun

demirep (plural demireps)

  1. (colloquial, dated) A woman of doubtful reputation or suspected character; an adventuress.
    • he had no knowledge of that character which is vulgarly called a demirep; that is to say, a woman who intrigues with every man she likes, under the name and appearance of virtue [...] in short, whom everybody knows to be what nobody calls her.1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society, published 1973, page 569

Forms of demirip

pluraldemirips

Questions about demirip

What is demirip the alternative form of?
Demirip is the alternative form of demirep.

Words near demirip in the dictionary

  1. demirelief
  2. demireliefs
  3. demirep
  4. demirepdom
  5. demireps
  6. demirip
  7. demirips
  8. Demirjian
  9. Demirjians
  10. demiromantic
  11. demiromanticism

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