demidevil

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noun

A half-devil, half-human.

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Meanings

noundemidevil (plural demidevils)

plural demidevils

  1. A half-devil, half-human.

    Othello: Will you, I pray, demand that demi-devil / Why he hath thus ensnared my body and soul?

    c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals)

Origin

From demi- + devil.

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APA

demidevil. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/demidevil

MLA

“demidevil.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/demidevil. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “demidevil,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/demidevil.

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