semese
Not valid in Scrabble
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
/sɪˈmiːs/
(UK)
Definition of semese
2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
-
(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
-
(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
- 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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