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Revision as of 10:44, 28 January 2018
English
Alternative forms
- midrif (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English mydryf, from Old English midrif, midhrif (“the midriff; diaphragm”), equivalent to mid- + riff.
Pronunciation
- (deprecated use of
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Noun
midriff (plural midriffs)
- The middle section of the human torso, from below the chest to above the waist
- 1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XXI, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC, pages I stuck it out for about an hour and then, apprised by a hollow feeling in the midriff that the dinner hour was approaching, laid a course for home.:
Translations
mid section of the human torso