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Demyʹ

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A size of paper between royal and crown. Its size is 22 1/2 in. x 17 1/2 in. It is from the French word demi (half), and means demi-royal (a small royal), royal being 25 in. x 20 in. The old watermark is a fleur-de-lis.

A Demyʹ of Magdalene College, Oxford, is a “superior” sort of scholar, half a Fellow.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Demon of Matrimonial Unhappiness
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Demosthenēs Lantern
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