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middlemost

American  
[mid-l-mohst] / ˈmɪd lˌmoʊst /

adjective

  1. midmost.

middlemost British  
/ ˈmɪdəlˌməʊst /

adjective

  1. another word for midmost

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Etymology

Origin of middlemost

First recorded in 1275–1325, middlemost is from the Middle English word middelmast. See middle, -most

Example Sentences

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Yakov considered the arrangement, his gaze flicking back and forth, before pointing toward the middlemost card.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

I looked, and upon a stone which formed the lintel of the middlemost door I read T. H. 1630.

From Wild Wales The People, Laguage & Scenery by Borrow, George Henry

The middlemost, did sounde Trumpets of golde, with banners of silke and golde, fastned to the Trumpets in three places.

From Hypnerotomachia The Strife of Loue in a Dreame by Dallington, Robert

The first and the last the shepherds sing, and the second or middlemost the women sing.

From Fifteenth Century Prose and Verse by Various

The middlemost of them is made and built, as a direct line, but perpendicular.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation. Vol. XIII. America. Part II. by Hakluyt, Richard

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