semiplatonic

English

Etymology

semi- +‎ platonic

Adjective

semiplatonic (not comparable)

1. Between platonic love and romantic or sexual love.
   • 2008, Tara Star Johnson, From Teacher to Lover: Sex Scandals in the Classroom, page 133:

     Kim wanted both, but a flexible semiplatonic relationship with Damian was not a happy medium: "We had sex last night... so my guilt kicked in completely — I felt like a whore, a completely immoral sinner."

   • 2010, Ksana Blank, Dostoevsky's Dialectics and the Problem of Sin, page 83:

     Courtly love is platonic or semiplatonic, mystical, contemplative, and unconsummated […]