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mid (mid)

adjective

  1. middle
  2. Phonet. articulated with the tongue in a position approximately halfway between high and low: said of certain vowels, as (e) in set

Etymology: ME < OE midd-, akin to Goth midjis, ON mithr < IE *medhjo- (> L medius, Gr mesos) < base *me-, between

noun

Archaic the middle
mid2 definition

mid (mid)

Old Poet. amid
also 'mid
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Midshipman

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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