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mesothet rare—1.|ˈmɛsəʊθɛt|
[f. Gr. µέσο-ς middle + θετόν neut. of θετός placed.]
= prec. (In quot. humorously pedantic.)
1850Kingsley Alt. Locke xxi, A curious pair of ‘poles’ the two made; the mesothet whereof, by no means a punctum indifferens, but a true connecting spiritual idea, stood on the table—in the whisky-bottle.
So mesothetic |mɛsəʊˈθeɪtɪk|, mesoˈthetical adjs., occupying a middle position.
1837Fraser's Mag. XVI. 97 Mr. Carlyle avoids the synthetical, as well as the analytical, and looks down upon both from the mesothetical. 1848Kingsley Yeast xv, An honest development of the true idea of Protestantism, which is paving the way to the mesothetic art of the future. 1871― in Devon. Assoc. Trans. IV. 384 While the true philosopher sought for the mesothetic or middle truth. |