midmost

[ mid-mohst ]

adjective

1. being in the very middle; middlemost; middle.
2. being or occurring at or near the middle part or point of.
3. most intimate or private; innermost.

adverb

1. in the midmost part; in the midst.

midmost

/ ˈmɪdˌməʊst /

adjective

1. in the middle or midst

Word History and Origins

Origin of midmost¹

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

Example Sentences

Vandrad answered: I shall yet come thither where I may dry myself midmost in the towel.

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A great lance in the hand of the midmost man, with fifty rivets through it.

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

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It taunted me for the half-expressed thought, for the fled insight, for the swelling note that midmost broke.

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Of all these, the most terrible is the midmost, down which rolls an impetuous torrent.

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