demidevil

English

Etymology

From demi- +‎ devil.

Noun

demidevil (plural demidevils)

1. A half-devil, half-human.
   • 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):

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

References

• “demidevil”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.