Etymology

semi-bluff

Today it means: A type of bluff where the bluffer believes that the bluff has some chance of immediate success and also that they have some chance of improving their hand to win at a showdown. Full definition →

English bluff ← Latin sēmi- ← Proto-Indo-European *sēmi
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*sem-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sēmi
  3. Latinsēmi-
  4. Englishsemi-
  5. Englishbluff
  6. English todaysemi-bluff

From semi- + bluff.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.