midmost
Americanadjective
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being in the very middle; middlemost; middle.
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being or occurring at or near the middle part or point of.
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most intimate or private; innermost.
adverb
adjective
Etymology
Origin of midmost
before 1000; mid- + -most; replacing Middle English, Old English mid mest
Example Sentences
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Midmost the court, with its orange and lemon trees, fell all day the cool waters of a fountain.
From The Life of Sir Richard Burton by Wright, Thomas
Midmost the meadow stood a monastery, and within the inclosure a citadel that rose high into the air in the light of the moon.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 2 by Mabie, Hamilton Wright
Midmost thereof was a fountain of gold, whence the water ran two ways in gold-lined runnels, spanned twice with little bridges of silver.
From Wood Beyond the World by Morris, William
Thus saith Thiodolf: ‘The giver of kindly gifts Who oft to the wolf gave food, His dragon-ship put forward Midmost in the war-host.’
From The Sagas of Olaf Tryggvason and of Harald The Tyrant (Harald Haardraade) by Hearn, Ethel Harriet
The "Midmost blotch of black Discernible in the group of clustered crimes Huddling together in the cave they call Their palace."
From Browning as a Philosophical and Religious Teacher by Jones, Henry, Sir
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