"demi-sec" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: Borrowed from French demi-sec. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|demi-sec}} French demi-sec Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} demi-sec (not comparable)
  1. medium dry (of wines) Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Wine
    Sense id: en-demi-sec-en-adj-U6dOxHnO Disambiguation of Wine: 64 36 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 99 1 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 98 2 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 98 2

Noun

Forms: demi-secs [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from French demi-sec. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|demi-sec}} French demi-sec Head templates: {{en-noun}} demi-sec (plural demi-secs)
  1. A medium-dry wine.
    Sense id: en-demi-sec-en-noun-p76SM1z6

Inflected forms

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