halfdead

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halfdead

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From Middle English halfdede, from Old English healfdēad (“half-dead”), from Proto-Germanic *halbadaudaz (“halfdead”), equivalent to half- + dead. Cognate with West Frisian healdea (“halfdead”), Dutch halfdood (“halfdead”), German Low German halvdood (“halfdead”), German halbtot (“halfdead”), Swedish halvdöd (“halfdead”).

adjective half dead · half-dead

not comparable Halfway dead; only partially alive. But even after he was beyond the danger zone, he still felt halfdead.

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adj halfway dead; partially alive

中文	半死不活 bànsǐbùhuó, 半死半活 bànsǐ bànhuó
Français	demi-mort
Русский	полумёртвый polumjórtvyj

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@misc{halfdead_2026,
  title = {halfdead},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/halfdead},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}