semi-erect

adjective

ˌse-mē-ə-ˈrekt 

ˌse-ˌmī-,

-mi-

variants or less commonly semierect

1

: incompletely upright in bodily posture

semi-erect primates

2

: erect for half the length

semi-erect stems

Word History

First Known Use

1822, in the meaning defined at sense 1