Midspeech

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A point in time during a speech, or while one is speaking. uncountable

    "He halted in midspeech as he noticed a curious figure hurrying towards us."

Example

More examples

"He halted in midspeech as he noticed a curious figure hurrying towards us."

Etymology

From mid- + speech.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.