demiboy

English

Etymology

From demi- +‎ boy.

Noun

demiboy (plural demiboys)

1. (neologism) A person who identifies as partially, but not completely, male.
   • 2015, Kerri McNair, "A Broader Definition of Gender", InfUSion (University of Georgia), Volume 12, Issue 2, Spring 2015, page 52:

     Polk also identifies as a genderqueer demiboy and uses the pronouns ze/hir (in place of he or she one would use “ze” and in place of him or her one would use “hir”).

   • 2017, Live Love Laugh Ranting, Come As Yourself: Volume One‎^[1], →ISBN, page 62:

     “A member of our family is a Demiboy,” I murmur.

   • 2017, L. Rowyn, The Sun Etherium: An Etherium Novel, #2‎^[2], →ISBN, page 139:

     Jinokimijin had chosen an androgynous male form tonight: not a demiboy, which would typically blend neuter with male, but a femboy, a masculine shape with some feminine elements.

Antonyms

• demigirl

Translations

Translations

• Esperanto: demiviro
• French: demiboy (fr), demi-garçon (fr) m, demi-gars m, demi-homme m,
• Russian: демибо́й m (demibój)
• Spanish: semichico

Adjective

demiboy (comparative more demiboy, superlative most demiboy)

1. (neologism) Identifying as partially, but not completely, male.