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semi-patriotic

semi-patriotic is the alternative form of semipatriotic.

Meaning of semipatriotic

Adjective

semipatriotic (not comparable)

  1. Partially patriotic.
    • Dazed, like sleepwalkers, Washingtonians clustered that evening and late into the night in Lafayette Park, across Pennsylvania Avenue. They sang the National Anthem and other patriotic or semipatriotic songs, and when they tired of singing, they stood, or sat, or even knelt on the grass, simply...1970, Adolph A. Hoehling, America's road to war: 1939-1941, page 163

Origin of semi-patriotic

From semi- + patriotic.

Questions about semi-patriotic

What is semi-patriotic the alternative form of?
Semi-patriotic is the alternative form of semipatriotic.

Words near semi-patriotic in the dictionary

  1. semi-orb
  2. semi-orbs
  3. semi-palindrome
  4. semi-paralyzed
  5. semi-parliamentary
  6. semi-patriotic
  7. Semi-pelagianism
  8. semi-pelagic
  9. semi-period
  10. semi-periods
  11. semi-permanent

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