† middestadj.n.

Forms: Middle English 1600s myddest, late Middle English–1800s middest, 1700s midd'st; also Scottish pre-1700 middeast.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mid adj., -est suffix.

Etymology: < mid adj. + -est suffix. Compare earlier midmost adj., n., adv., and prep. Compare also midst n., prep., and adv. N.E.D. (1906) gives the pronunciation as (mi·dėst) /ˈmɪdɪst/.

Obsolete.

Most central; situated in the middle; middle. Also as n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > central condition or position > [adjective] > situated in the centre or middle > most central

midmosteOE

middesta1400

middlemosta1400

centremost1812

a1400 (?a1350) Seege Troye (Egerton) (1927) 458 (MED) Þan Comeþ forþ sir Alisaunder Parys, Þe kinges myddest soon of prys.

c1432 Short Metrical Chron. (Cambr. Dd.14.2) f. 262^v (MED) Brute hadde þre sones..Camber hete þat oþer; he was þe middest broþer.

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. iv. sig. D2 Yet the stout Faery mongst the middest crowd Thought all their glorie vaine in knigh[t]ly vew.

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. ii. sig. O^v The eldest did against the youngest goe, And both against the middest meant to worken woe.

1593 Queen Elizabeth I tr. Boethius De Consolatione Philosophiæ in Queen Elizabeth's Englishings (1899) iv. pr. vi. 72 As..Circle is to the middest poynte: So [etc.].

a1647 T. Habington Surv. Worcs. (Worcs. Hist. Soc.) (1895) I. iii. 417 East wyndowe..consystinge of fyve panes, in the myddest pane are no Armes.

1713 Countess of Winchilsea Misc. Poems 29 Reputation, Love, and Death, (The last all Bones, the first all Breath, The Midd'st compos'd of restless Fire).

1834 E. Bulwer-Lytton Pilgrims of Rhine ii. 12 The moon was..at her middest height.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	middest
释义	† middestadj.n. Forms: Middle English 1600s myddest, late Middle English–1800s middest, 1700s midd'st; also Scottish pre-1700 middeast. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mid adj., -est suffix. Etymology: < mid adj. + -est suffix. Compare earlier midmost adj., n., adv., and prep. Compare also midst n., prep., and adv. N.E.D. (1906) gives the pronunciation as (mi·dėst) /ˈmɪdɪst/. Obsolete. Most central; situated in the middle; middle. Also as n. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > central condition or position > [adjective] > situated in the centre or middle > most central midmosteOE middesta1400 middlemosta1400 centremost1812 a1400 (?a1350) Seege Troye (Egerton) (1927) 458 (MED) Þan Comeþ forþ sir Alisaunder Parys, Þe kinges myddest soon of prys. c1432 Short Metrical Chron. (Cambr. Dd.14.2) f. 262^v (MED) Brute hadde þre sones..Camber hete þat oþer; he was þe middest broþer. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. iv. sig. D2 Yet the stout Faery mongst the middest crowd Thought all their glorie vaine in knigh[t]ly vew. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. ii. sig. O^v The eldest did against the youngest goe, And both against the middest meant to worken woe. 1593 Queen Elizabeth I tr. Boethius De Consolatione Philosophiæ in Queen Elizabeth's Englishings (1899) iv. pr. vi. 72 As..Circle is to the middest poynte: So [etc.]. a1647 T. Habington Surv. Worcs. (Worcs. Hist. Soc.) (1895) I. iii. 417 East wyndowe..consystinge of fyve panes, in the myddest pane are no Armes. 1713 Countess of Winchilsea Misc. Poems 29 Reputation, Love, and Death, (The last all Bones, the first all Breath, The Midd'st compos'd of restless Fire). 1834 E. Bulwer-Lytton Pilgrims of Rhine ii. 12 The moon was..at her middest height. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.n.a1400
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