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half-world

half-world noun: a hemisphere.

Noun

half-world (plural half-worlds)

  1. A hemisphere.
  2. A group of people on the fringes of society, a subculture; the demimonde.

Forms of half-world

pluralhalf-worlds

Origin of half-world

From half + world, in later use after French demi-monde.

Questions about half-world

What does half-world mean?
Half-world means a hemisphere.
What part of speech is half-world?
Half-world is a noun.
What is the plural of half-world?
The plural of half-world is half-worlds.

Words near half-world in the dictionary

  1. half-wits
  2. half-witted
  3. half-wittedly
  4. half-wizard
  5. half-wizards
  6. half-world
  7. half-worlds
  8. half-year
  9. half-yearly
  10. half-years
  11. half-zip

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