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 meadow stood a monastery, and within the enclosure was a citadel that rose high into the air in the light of the moon.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume II by Payne, John
Midmost a close green covert of brake A brown bird listening silently Sat; and I thought—"She grieves for the sake Of Itylus,—for the stains that lie In her heritage of sad memory."
From In Divers Tones by Roberts, Charles George Douglas, Sir
Midmost he went; his hundred girt him round on every side.
From The Lay of the Cid by Bacon, Leonard
Seest not the fisherman that seeks his living in the sea, Midmost the network of the stars that round about him press!
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume I by Payne, John
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
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