demi-savage

adjective

Having some of the appearances of wildness, or savagery.

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Meanings

adjectivedemi-savage (not comparable)
  1. not comparableHaving some of the appearances of wildness, or savagery.

    "Nay," replied Louis, with a half smile, "but the ballet shall be one of the fêtes we meditate in her honour. Demi-savage as the Swede is, of course royalty must be royally entertained."

    1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter V, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 54
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