Moiety

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈmɔɪ.É™.ti/

Origin

From the Old French meitié (French moitié), from Late Latin medietas “half”, from Latin medius “middle, half”

Full definition of moiety

Noun

1. Half.
• 1828, “The Zoological Society”, in T. Crofton Croker (editor), The Christmas Box:From New Holland the emu,
• With his better moiety,
• Has paid a visit to the Zo-
• Ological Society.
2. A share or portion.
3. (chemistry) A specific segment of a molecule.Aniline has both a phenyl and an amino moiety.
4. (anthropology) Each descent group in a culture which is divided exactly into two descent groups.
• William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra:The death of Antony Is not a single doom; in the name lay A moiety of the world.

Derived terms

• matrimoiety, patrimoiety