"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
    Sense id: en-demi-sec-en-adj-b8~Zw~DN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 99 1 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 97 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 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 Categories (other): Wine Disambiguation of Wine: 22 78

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