Middleness

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The quality of being middle, or in the middle. uncountable, usually

    "The poem is heavily concerned with a middleness, and with an attempt to understand this middleness in relation to beginnings."

Example

More examples

"The poem is heavily concerned with a middleness, and with an attempt to understand this middleness in relation to beginnings."

Etymology

From middle + -ness.

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