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midmost

American  
[mid-mohst] / ˈmɪdˌmoʊst /

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 British  
/ ˈmɪdˌməʊst /

adjective

  1. in the middle or midst

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of midmost

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


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As in the ocean's midmost depth no wave is born, But all is still, so let the monk be still, be Motionless, and nowhere should he swell.

From Time Magazine Archive

Except that it soon mentions things unmentionable in the 1870's, Hatter's Castle starts off like a midmost Victorian novel.

From Time Magazine Archive

The midmost stood somewhat forward from the others and sundered from them, an island in the waters, about which the flowing River flung pale shimmering arms.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien

The midmost had a gracefu' mien, With a heigh-ho! and a lily gay;10 But the youngest look'd like beauty's queen, As the primrose spreads so sweetly.

From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume II (of 8) by Various

Begun and even far advanced in early manhood, it was taken up again in his midmost years, and was completed with a faltering hand in the closing season of his old age.

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16 by Various

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