half-read

adj — 2 senses

half-read

adj

US /hæfˈɹɛd/ · UK /hɑːfˈɹɛd/

Etymology From half- + read.

1

Partly read.

I put down my half-read book and went outside.

2

Obsolete Inadequately or superficially educated by reading.

The clown unread, and half-read gentleman1687, [John Dryden], “(please specify the page number)”, in The Hind and the Panther. A Poem, in Three Parts, 2nd edition, London: […] Jacob Tonson […], →OCLC:

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