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semihistorical

semihistorical adjective: half or partly historical (and partly fictitious).

Adjective

semihistorical (not comparable)

  1. Half or partly historical (and partly fictitious).
    • The application of the rules of evidence to this semi-historical and crepuscular period - a period of which some knowledge has been preservedc. 1855, George Cornewall Lewis, An Inquiry Into the Credibility of the Early Roman History

Origin of semihistorical

From semi- + historical.

Questions about semihistorical

What does semihistorical mean?
Semihistorical means half or partly historical (and partly fictitious).
What part of speech is semihistorical?
Semihistorical is an adjective.

Words near semihistorical in the dictionary

  1. semihexagon
  2. semihexagonal
  3. semihexagons
  4. semihidden
  5. semihigh
  6. semihistorical
  7. semiholiday
  8. semiholidays
  9. semihollow
  10. semihomemade
  11. semihomologous

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