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midmost

[ mid-mohst ]

/ ˈmɪdˌmoʊst /

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adjective

being in the very middle; middlemost; middle.

being or occurring at or near the middle part or point of.

most intimate or private; innermost.

adverb

in the midmost part; in the midst.

Origin of midmost

before 1000; mid- + -most; replacing Middle English, Old English mid mest

Words nearby midmost

midline, midline myelotomy, midlist, midlothian, midmorning, midmost, midn, midn., midnight, midnight blue, midnight oil

Example sentences from the Web for midmost

The midmost man brandishes that lance so that its edge-studs hardly stay therein, and he strikes the haft thrice against his palm.

The Harvard Classics, Volume 49, Epic and Saga |Various
Midmost the court, with its orange and lemon trees, fell all day the cool waters of a fountain.

The Life of Sir Richard Burton |Thomas Wright
A great lance in the hand of the midmost man, with fifty rivets through it.

The Harvard Classics, Volume 49, Epic and Saga |Various
For a full league those fires burned and we were opposite to the midmost of them.

The Ancient Allan |H. Rider Haggard

But he had only held this latter post for eleven years, and the midmost of his career was occupied with quite different work.

A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) |George Saintsbury

British Dictionary definitions for midmost

midmost

/ (ˈmɪdˌməʊst) /

adjective, adverb

in the middle or midst