# half-world

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A hemisphere.
2. A group of people on the fringes of society, a subculture; the demimonde.

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

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/half-world