semicivilized
[ sem-ee-siv-uh-lahyzd, sem-ahy- ]
adjective
half or partly civilized.
Origin of semicivilized
1Other words from semicivilized
- sem·i·civ·i·li·za·tion, noun
Words Nearby semicivilized
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How to use semicivilized in a sentence
But here the semicivilized, superstitious, rather dirty, fourteenth and fifteenth century person has gone.
English Costume | Dion Clayton CalthropThe city was nothing more than a semicivilized settlement of little, flat‑topped stone houses.
The Fire People | Ray CummingsYou know Nerado mentioned several times the 'semicivilized fishes of the greater deeps'?
Triplanetary | Edward Elmer SmithMost of the foreign goods are of a class which must, I think, be manufactured only for export to a semicivilized country.
A Glimpse at Guatemala | Anne Cary MaudslayThere are no rival claims to lay hold of unoccupied or semicivilized territories in other parts of the world.
South America Observations and Impressions | James Bryce
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