midst

English

Alternative forms

• midest (obsolete)
• middis (obsolete)
• middst (obsolete)
• middest (obsolete)
• myddis (obsolete)
• mydst (obsolete)
• mydest (obsolete)
• myddst (obsolete)
• myddest (obsolete)

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɪdst

Noun

midst (uncountable)

1. A place (literal or metaphoric) in the middle of something.
   • 1905, Baroness Emmuska Orczy, chapter 2, The Affair at the Novelty Theatre^[1]:

     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.

Translations

place in the middle of something

• Finnish: keskus (fi), keskusta (fi), sisin (fi), ydin (fi)

• Spanish: centro (es)

Preposition

midst

1. (rare) among, in the middle of

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Quotations

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Synonyms

• amid
• amidst

Derived terms

• in the midst
• in one's midst

Translations

in the middle of

• Finnish: keskellä

Anagrams

• MSTID