demy Meaning, Definition & Usage

De*my" noun

Etymology

See Demi-.

Wordforms

plural Demies

Definitions

1. A printing and a writing paper of particular sizes. See under Paper.
2. A half fellow at Magdalen College, Oxford. Written also demi.

   He was elected into Magdalen College as a demy; a term by which that society denominates those elsewhere called "scholars," young men who partake of the founder's benefaction, and succeed in their order to vacant fellowships. Johnson.

De*my" adjective

Definitions

1. Pertaining to, or made of, the size of paper called demy; as, a demy book.