Meaning

2 senses
  1. A hemisphere.

  2. A group of people on the fringes of society, a subculture; the demimonde.

Origin

From half + world, in later use after French demi-monde.

From half + world, in later use after French demi-monde.

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Forms

plural: half-worlds
Singularhalf-world
Pluralhalf-worlds

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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