Midst

//mɪdst// noun, prep

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A place in the middle of something; may be used of a literal or metaphorical location. literary, often

    "Miss Phyllis Morgan, as the hapless heroine dressed in the shabbiest of clothes, appears in the midst of a gay and giddy throng; she apostrophises all and sundry there, including the villain, and has a magnificent scene which always brings down the house, and nightly adds to her histrionic laurels."

  2. 2
    the location of something surrounded by other things wordnet
Preposition
  1. 1
    Among, in the middle of; amidst. rare

    "Mildred comes home from work early only to discover her husband, Robert, midst of a lewd affair with their neighbor, Gladys."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English middes, midst, myddest (“middle”), from Old English midde, reshaped in Middle English phrases like in middes (“in the middle”) by analogy with adverbs in -(e)s; also compare Old English on middan, tōmiddes. Forms in -(e)st are probably due to influence of superlatives.

Etymology 2

From Middle English middes, midst, myddest (“middle”), from Old English midde, reshaped in Middle English phrases like in middes (“in the middle”) by analogy with adverbs in -(e)s; also compare Old English on middan, tōmiddes. Forms in -(e)st are probably due to influence of superlatives.

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