middest
adjective
1.
being at or near the middle point of: in mid autumn.
2.
being or occupying a middle place or position: in the mid nineties of the last century.
noun
4.
Archaic. the middle.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English, Old English midd- (both an adj. and the initial element of a compound; modern spellings such as mid autumn are probably a reanalysis of mid- as an adj.); cognate with Old High German mitti, Old Norse mithr, Gothic midjis, Old Irish mide, Latin medius, Greek mésos, Sanskrit madhya middle, OCS mežda limit, border
before 900; Middle English, Old English midd- (both an adj. and the initial element of a compound; modern spellings such as mid autumn are probably a reanalysis of mid- as an adj.); cognate with Old High German mitti, Old Norse mithr, Gothic midjis, Old Irish mide, Latin medius, Greek mésos, Sanskrit madhya middle, OCS mežda limit, border
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mid1 (mɪd) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | phonetics of, relating to, or denoting a vowel whose articulation lies approximately halfway between high and low, such as e in English bet |
| —n | |
| 2. | an archaic word for middle |
| [C12 midre (inflected form of midd, unattested); related to Old Norse mithr, Gothic midjis] | |
| mid or 'mid2 (mɪd) | |
| —prep | |
| a poetic word for amid | |
| 'mid or 'mid2 | |
| —prep | |
| mid or 'mid2 (mɪd) | |
| —prep | |
| a poetic word for amid | |
| 'mid or 'mid2 | |
| —prep | |
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Word Origin & History
mid
O.E. mid, from P.Gmc. *medjaz (cf. O.N. miðr, O.S. middi, O.Fris. midde, O.H.G. mitti, Goth. midjis), from PIE *medhyo- (cf. Skt. madhyah, Gk. mesos, L. medius "middle;" see medial). Now surviving only as a prefix (midair, midstream, etc.); use as a preposition is often
aphetic use of amid (cf. midshipman).
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Medical Dictionary
MID abbr.
minimal infecting dose
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
MID
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