half-read en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /hæfˈɹɛd/ (General-American)
- /hɑːfˈɹɛd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (US) audio
Etymology
From half- + read.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Partly read.
I put down my half-read book and went outside.
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(not-comparable, obsolete) Inadequately or superficially educated by reading.
The clown unread, and half-read gentleman
1687, [John Dryden], “(please specify the page number)”, in The Hind and the Panther. A Poem, in Three Parts, 2nd edition, London: […] Jacob Tonson […], →OCLC: