semiprivate

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sēmi Latin sēmi-bor. English semi- English private English semiprivate From semi- + private.

1. More private than usual accommodations, but not fully private; used especially of a hospital room that is shared by two patients in contradistinction to a ward containing many patients.

   “Since there were few semiprivate sociopetal spaces or other facilities that could promote the formation of a social order, the informal social networks found in lower class neighborhoods didn’t develop.”

   “We lived on one of only six blocks in the entire neighborhood in Williamsburg that had semiprivate houses.”