mid

English

/mɪd/

adj
Definitions
  • Denoting the middle part.
  • Occupying a middle position; middle.
  • (linguistics) Made with a somewhat elevated position of some certain part of the tongue, in relation to the palate; midway between the high and the low; said of certain vowel sounds, such as, .
  • (AAVE) midgrade marijuana, or by extension, anything of mediocre quality

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English mid (with) inherited from Old English midd (middle, midst, mid, midway) inherited from Proto-Germanic *midjaz (middle, mid) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (middle, between, in the middle, in-between).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*médʰyos

Gloss

middle, between, in the middle, in-between

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間

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