Middle Englandn.

Brit.

/ˌmɪdl ˈɪŋɡlənd/, U.S.

/ˌmɪd(ə)l ˈɪŋ(ɡ)lən(d)/

Forms: see middle adj. and England n. Also with lower-case initial.

Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: middle adj., proper name England.

Etymology: < middle adj. + the name of England (see England n.).Compare Old English Middelengla land the territory of the Middle Angles, as distinguished from the Angles of Mercia and East Anglia.

1. Central England.

ΚΠ

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 163 (MED) Men of myddel Engelond..vnderstondeþ bettre þe side langages..þan norþerne and souþerne vnderstondeþ eiþer oþer.

a1513 H. Bradshaw Lyfe St. Werburge (1521) i. v. sig. b.iii^v Whiche realme was dyuyded whylom in partes thre: Fyrst in the West marches & in the South parte truely The thyrde parte was nomynate mydle Englonde.

1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 8 Marcarus..Erle of Northumberland, and Edwyn Erle of middle England, with Edgar Athelyng [etc.].

1859 Fraser's Mag. Sept. 280/1 In middle England a sombre and melancholy apathy seems to brood over the land.

1883 Pall Mall Gaz. 21 Dec. 4/2 The gaily-decked squadrons..go thundering across the pasture and ploughs of middle and southern England.

1900 J. Leyland Shakespeare Country 92 This survey of Shakespeare Country has traversed a rich district of middle England that was familiar to the great poet in his boyhood.

1953 John o' London's Weekly 62 3/4 They show two maps of middle England plastered with the names of remote villages and towns associated with the Lollard rising of 1413–14.

1990 Economist 24 Mar. 40/3 That long thin strip of middle England, with its old towns and charmless Birmingham commuter-belt estates.

1996 R. Mabey Flora Britannica 403/1 Across southern and middle England, a flamboyant suite of local names..suggested a flower that was once widespread and familiar.

2. The majority of middle class people in England (and, usually, outside London), variously regarded as representative of traditional social values, non-metropolitan mores, or conservative political views. Cf. Middle Britain n. at middle adj. and n. Compounds 1a.

ΚΠ

1982 Financial Times (Nexis) 12 May i. 17 Professor David Donnison..with an eloquent tirade against ‘the complacent people of middle England’.

1989 Independent 14 Oct. 42 Fated never to be on the way to anywhere important, Southwell has escaped much and can still exemplify the positive virtues of middle England.

1995 Sunday Times 19 Mar. iii. 3/7 I trust officialdom will not be foolish enough to take the nurses on in a needless dispute. Middle England is watching.

2000 Sunday Herald (Glasgow) 12 Mar. (Seven Days) 1/1 Middle England is working itself up into a strop about goings-on North of the Border.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	middle england
释义	Middle Englandn. Brit. /ˌmɪdl ˈɪŋɡlənd/, U.S. /ˌmɪd(ə)l ˈɪŋ(ɡ)lən(d)/ Forms: see middle adj. and England n. Also with lower-case initial. Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: middle adj., proper name England. Etymology: < middle adj. + the name of England (see England n.).Compare Old English Middelengla land the territory of the Middle Angles, as distinguished from the Angles of Mercia and East Anglia. 1. Central England. ΚΠ a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 163 (MED) Men of myddel Engelond..vnderstondeþ bettre þe side langages..þan norþerne and souþerne vnderstondeþ eiþer oþer. a1513 H. Bradshaw Lyfe St. Werburge (1521) i. v. sig. b.iii^v Whiche realme was dyuyded whylom in partes thre: Fyrst in the West marches & in the South parte truely The thyrde parte was nomynate mydle Englonde. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 8 Marcarus..Erle of Northumberland, and Edwyn Erle of middle England, with Edgar Athelyng [etc.]. 1859 Fraser's Mag. Sept. 280/1 In middle England a sombre and melancholy apathy seems to brood over the land. 1883 Pall Mall Gaz. 21 Dec. 4/2 The gaily-decked squadrons..go thundering across the pasture and ploughs of middle and southern England. 1900 J. Leyland Shakespeare Country 92 This survey of Shakespeare Country has traversed a rich district of middle England that was familiar to the great poet in his boyhood. 1953 John o' London's Weekly 62 3/4 They show two maps of middle England plastered with the names of remote villages and towns associated with the Lollard rising of 1413–14. 1990 Economist 24 Mar. 40/3 That long thin strip of middle England, with its old towns and charmless Birmingham commuter-belt estates. 1996 R. Mabey Flora Britannica 403/1 Across southern and middle England, a flamboyant suite of local names..suggested a flower that was once widespread and familiar. 2. The majority of middle class people in England (and, usually, outside London), variously regarded as representative of traditional social values, non-metropolitan mores, or conservative political views. Cf. Middle Britain n. at middle adj. and n. Compounds 1a. ΚΠ 1982 Financial Times (Nexis) 12 May i. 17 Professor David Donnison..with an eloquent tirade against ‘the complacent people of middle England’. 1989 Independent 14 Oct. 42 Fated never to be on the way to anywhere important, Southwell has escaped much and can still exemplify the positive virtues of middle England. 1995 Sunday Times 19 Mar. iii. 3/7 I trust officialdom will not be foolish enough to take the nurses on in a needless dispute. Middle England is watching. 2000 Sunday Herald (Glasgow) 12 Mar. (Seven Days) 1/1 Middle England is working itself up into a strop about goings-on North of the Border. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1387
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