Pronunciation : De*my"
Part of Speech : n.;
Etymology : [See Demi-.]
Definition : 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.
pl. Demies.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : De*my"
Part of Speech : a.
Definition : Defn: Pertaining to, or made of, the size of paper called demy; as, a demy book.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913