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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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
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
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 holy Cross that midmost stands Grew red as though with blood 'twas dyed, And all the altars loudly sighed.
From Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) by Countess Evelyn Martinengo-Cesaresco
Here they stood, Old Saturn midmost, like a central peak Among the lesser hills that guard its base.
From The Star-Treader and other poems by Clark Ashton Smith
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