demiboy

de·mi·boy
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/ˈdɛ.miˌbɔɪ/

noun

One who identifies as partially, but not completely, male.

“Near-synonym: demiman”

Scrabble 15

Meanings

noundemiboy (plural demiboys)

plural demiboys

  1. neologismOne who identifies as partially, but not completely, male.

    Near-synonym: demiman

    3 more examples

    Polk also identifies as a genderqueer demiboy and uses the pronouns ze/hir (in place of he or she one would use “ze” and in place of him or her one would use “hir”).

    2015, Kerri McNair, "A Broader Definition of Gender", InfUSion (University of Georgia), Volume 12, Issue 2, Spring 2015, page 52

    “A member of our family is a Demiboy,” I murmur.

    2017, Live Love Laugh Ranting, Come As Yourself: Volume One, →ISBN, page 62

    Jinokimijin had chosen an androgynous male form tonight: not a demiboy, which would typically blend neuter with male, but a femboy, a masculine shape with some feminine elements.

    2017, L. Rowyn, The Sun Etherium: An Etherium Novel, #2, →ISBN, page 139
adjectivedemiboy (comparative more demiboy, superlative most demiboy)

comparative more demiboy · superlative most demiboy

  1. neologismIdentifying as partially, but not completely, male.

Synonyms & antonyms

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Translations

Catalan deminoi
  • deminoiTranslations
Esperanto demiviro
  • demiviroTranslations
French demiboy, demi-garçon
  • demiboyTranslations
  • demi-garçonTranslations
  • demi-garsTranslations
  • demi-hommeTranslations
Portuguese demimenino
  • demimeninoTranslations
Russian демибо́й
  • демибо́й (demibój)Translations
Spanish semichico, demichico
  • semichicoTranslations
  • demichicoTranslations

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