semese

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
8
Words With Friends
9
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/sɪˈmiːs/ (UK)

Definition of semese

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (not-comparable, rare)Half-eaten.
    ““Ha, ha, ha!” said Bruce. “No; they’re sons of gyps and that kind of thing, who feed on the semese fragments of the high table.””
    “But what was my indignation, vexation and shame when I discovered them greedily engaged in ravenously devouring the semese fragments of a barbaric repast.”
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adj

  1. (not-comparable, rare)Half-eaten.
    ““Ha, ha, ha!” said Bruce. “No; they’re sons of gyps and that kind of thing, who feed on the semese fragments of the high table.””
    “But what was my indignation, vexation and shame when I discovered them greedily engaged in ravenously devouring the semese fragments of a barbaric repast.”

noun

  1. A member of the warrior caste of the Elema of Papua New Guinea.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From the Latin sēmēsus; from sēm- (“half-”) + ēsus (“eaten”), the perfect passive participle of edō (“to eat”).

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