semidesperation
English edit
Etymology edit
semi- + desperation
Noun edit
semidesperation (uncountable)
- A state approaching desperation.
- 1858, Biddulph Warner, The coquette, page 6:
- […] the old gentleman […] pooh-poohed the idea, and finally dismissed Henry in a state of semidesperation […]
- 2009 June 7, Emily Bazelon, “The Self-Employed Depression”, in New York Times[1]:
- The call of semidesperation via a high-tech status symbol is an emblem of the gap between the past and the present for many of urban America’s self-employed.