demirep

== English == === Etymology === From demi- + reputation. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdɛmiːɹɛp/ === Noun === demirep (plural demireps) (colloquial, dated) A woman of doubtful reputation or suspected character; an adventuress. 1813, Leigh Hunt, in a journal article about the prince.(Chambers, R.. "'The Book of Days': A miscellany of popular antiquities. Londres: W & R Chambers, 1832." Google Books): […] in short, this delightful, blissful, wise, pleasurable, honourable, virtuous, true, and immortal prince, was a violator of his word, a libertine, over head and ears in disgrace, a despiser of domestic ties, the companion of gamblers and demireps […] . ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “demirep”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === epiderm, impeder, per diem, remiped