midriffn.

Brit.

/ˈmɪdrɪf/, U.S.

/ˈmɪdˌrɪf(t)/

Forms: Old English (probably transmission error) 1500s–1600s midrife, Old English–early Middle English midhrif, Old English–1500s 1700s–1800s midrif, Middle English midref, Middle English mydref, Middle English mydreyf, Middle English mydrif, Middle English–1500s mydryf, Middle English–1500s mydryff, Middle English–1500s mydryffe, late Middle English middrif, late Middle English midreff, late Middle English midreffe, late Middle English myddereffe, late Middle English myddrefe, late Middle English mydrefe, late Middle English mydruv (perhaps transmission error), 1500s middreffe, 1500s middryfe, 1500s midrefe, 1500s midriefe, 1500s myddreffe, 1500s mydryfe, 1500s–1600s middriffe, 1500s–1600s midriffe, 1500s– midriff, 1600s middrift, 1600s midreife.

Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.

Etymology: Cognate with Old Frisian midhrif < the Germanic base of mid adj. + the Germanic base of Old English hrif belly (cognate with Old Frisian href , hrif , Old Saxon ref (Middle Low German rif , ref ), Old High German href < the Indo-European base of classical Latin corpus : see corpse n.); compare (with different first element: see middle adj.) Middle Dutch middelrijf (Dutch middelrif , (rare) middenrif : compare middleriff n.), Middle Low German middelrif . Compare midred n., and later riff n.³The form mydruv should perhaps be interpreted as a transmission error for mydrun , and hence a variant (not elsewhere attested) of midgen n. (compare forms s.v.).

a. The diaphragm (now rare). Originally also: the greater omentum (now rare, perhaps obsolete).Cf. midred n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > internal organs > diaphragm > [noun]

midredeOE

midriffeOE

diaphragm1398

midgena1400

middleriff1598

traverse1601

riff1631

phren1706

eOE Bald's Leechbk. (Royal) (1865) ii. lvi. 278 Hwilum onginneð of þam midhrife se is betweox þære wambe & þære lifre.

OE tr. Pseudo-Apuleius Herbarium (Vitell.) (1984) 3 (table of contents) Wiþ þæt mannes midrif ace.

OE tr. Pseudo-Apuleius Herbarium (Vitell.) (1984) iii. 44 Gif mannes midrife [read midrif; ?a1200 Harl. 6258B midhrif] ace genime fifleafan seaw, mencg to wine & drince.

a1333 Gloss. W. de Bibbesworth (BL Add.) (1929) 76 (MED) Midrif.

a1400 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Ashm.) (1894) 148 (MED) He declineþ into þe ynnere partie til þat he peerse þoruȝ þe mydrif.

a1425 Medulla Gram. (Stonyhurst) f. 45^v Omentum, a myddrefe or a wombcloute.

Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 337 Mydryf of a beste,..diafragma.

a1475 Liber Cocorum (Sloane) (1862) 10 Take..þo mydruv [perh. read mydrun] and þe kydnere, And hew hom smalle.

1486 Bk. St. Albans sig. eviij In the Mydref that callid is the rondell also.

1541 T. Elyot Castel of Helthe (new ed.) 49 The entrayles, which be underneth the myddreffe.

?1550 H. Llwyd tr. Pope John XXI Treasury of Healthe sig. a.viii^v A wounde in the braynes, hert, midrife,..or lyuer is deadly.

1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 iii. iii. 156 Theres no roome for faith, trueth, nor honestie, in this bosome of thine. It is all fild vp with guttes and midriffe .

1613 M. Ridley Short Treat. Magneticall Bodies 28 An Aequator, or middle fence, that divideth the whole body in the middest between the two Poles, like a Middrift.

1641 J. Milton Of Reformation 84 We would burst our midriffes rather then laugh.

1668 N. Culpeper & A. Cole tr. T. Bartholin Anat. (new ed.) i. xiv. 34 A broad Membranous and thin Ligament,..arising from the Peritonæum which the Midriff undercircles.

1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Oesophagus It..passes through the Midriff.

1806 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Inferno II. xxviii. 195 Dangling his entrails hung, the midriff..and wretched ventricle, That turns th' englutted aliment to dross.

1849 H. Melville Redburn xx. 127 Jonah himself must have been disappointed when he looked up to the domed midriff surmounting the whale's belly.

1898 Catholic World June 354 Swiftly four pariahs bear the head into the idol's presence, four chucklers hasten to cut off one of the fore-legs, which is inserted crosswise in her mouth, and the midriff is, as usual, placed upon her head.

1910 Encycl. Brit. VIII. 166/2 The diaphragm or midriff..is a large fibro-muscular partition between the cavities of the thorax and abdomen.

a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. xxi. 660 Mammals stand alone in having a muscular sheet—the midriff or diaphragm—separating the chest-cavity..from the abdominal cavity.

†b. As a term of abuse. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > inferior person > [noun] > as abused

warlockOE

swinec1175

beastc1225

wolf's-fista1300

avetrolc1300

congeonc1300

dirtc1300

slimec1315

snipec1325

lurdanc1330

misbegetc1330

sorrowa1350

shrew1362

jordan1377

wirlingc1390

frog?a1400

warianglea1400

wretcha1400

horcop14..

turdc1400

callet1415

lotterela1450

paddock?a1475

souter1478

chuff?a1500

langbain?c1500

cockatrice1508

sow1508

spink1508

wilrone1508

rook?a1513

streaker?a1513

dirt-dauber?1518

marmoset1523

babiona1529

poll-hatcheta1529

bear-wolf1542

misbegotten1546

pig1546

excrement1561

mamzer1562

chuff-cat1563

varlet1566

toada1568

mandrake1568

spider1568

rat1571

bull-beef1573

mole-catcher1573

suppository1573

curtal1578

spider-catcher1579

mongrela1585

roita1585

stickdirta1585

dogfish1589

Poor John1589

dog's facec1590

tar-boxa1592

baboon1592

pot-hunter1592

venom1592

porcupine1594

lick-fingers1595

mouldychaps1595

tripe1595

conundrum1596

fat-guts1598

thornback1599

land-rat1600

midriff1600

stinkardc1600

Tartar1600

tumbril1601

lobster1602

pilcher1602

windfucker?1602

stinker1607

hog rubber1611

shad1612

splay-foot1612

tim1612

whit1612

verdugo1616

renegado1622

fish-facea1625

flea-trapa1625

hound's head1633

mulligrub1633

nightmare1633

toad's-guts1634

bitch-baby1638

shagamuffin1642

shit-breech1648

shitabed1653

snite1653

pissabed1672

bastard1675

swab1687

tar-barrel1695

runt1699

fat-face1740

shit-sack1769

vagabond1842

shick-shack1847

soor1848

b1851

stink-pot1854

molie1871

pig-dog1871

schweinhund1871

wind-sucker1880

fucker1893

cocksucker1894

wart1896

so-and-so1897

swine-hound1899

motherfucker1918

S.O.B.1918

twat1922

mong1926

mucker1929

basket1936

cowson1936

zombie1936

meatball1937

shower1943

chickenshit1945

mugger1945

motherferyer1946

hooer1952

morpion1954

mother1955

mother-raper1959

louser1960

effer1961

salaud1962

gunk1964

scunge1967

1600 T. Dekker Shomakers Holiday sig. B3 Wife. Seuen yeares husband? Eyre. Peace Midriffe, peace, I know what I do, peace.

1600 T. Dekker Shomakers Holiday sig. C2^v What Nan, what Madge-mumble-crust, come out you fatte Midriffe-swag, belly-whores.

†c. A partition (in quot. 1834 probably in extended use of a board not serving as a partition). Cf. diaphragm n. 2a. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > condition or fact of being interjacent > [noun] > that which is interjacent > and separates two things > a partition

interclose1344

enterclosea1430

partition1545

distinction1578

membrane1631

septuma1638

diaphragm1660

midriff1660

cloison1693

separationc1720

dispartation1779

separator1881

1660 R. Boyle New Exper. Physico-mechanicall Proem 12 In the midst of which frame, is..nail'd a board,..which may not improperly be call'd a Midriff.

1682 R. Boyle Contin. New Exper. Physico-mech.: 2nd Pt. 19 A Diaphragma or Midriff of Tin whose edges are so polished on both sides that [etc.].

1766 Compl. Farmer at Ventilator A square box..in the middle of which is placed a broad partition, or midriff, made to move up and down.

1834 W. S. W. Ruschenberger Three Years in Pacific 346 A horizontal stage, supported by stanchions and chains, juts out from the top of the rock, having a vertical shutter or midriff floating from its edge. The ascent from the camel to the stage is effected by the aid of a rope ladder.

d. colloquial. to tickle (also shake) the midriff and variants: to cause laughter. to shake to the midriff: to laugh heartily. See also midriff-shaken adj. at Compounds 1b.

ΚΠ

1831 C. Lamb Peter's Net in Englishman's Mag. 2 138 That conceit arrided us most..and still tickles our midriff to remember.

1841 W. Allston Monaldi xv. 195 He shall shake yet to his midriff for putting me on this cursed business.

1850 Ld. Tennyson Princess (ed. 3) i. 23 A sight to shake The midriff of despair with laughter.

1860 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) 30 June 11/2 The No Kamian midriff was all untickled by her promises of a good old time.

1875 Overland Monthly Dec. 538/2 They smiled at the very grimness of evil fortune until she fled, and, in doing this, they..tickled the midriff of the world.

1928 Evening Sun (Baltimore) 23 Apr. ii. 17/4 Let us not forget its high capacity to soothe and tickle the midriff.

a. The front of the body between the chest and the waist. Also (occasionally): the part of an animal's body corresponding generally to the human midriff.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > trunk > [noun] > middle of trunk or waist

middleeOE

mideOE

girdlec1275

rondelc1300

girdlesteadc1330

waistc1386

belt steadc1540

girding-place1601

midriff1823

beltline1892

midsection1956

1823 New Monthly Mag. 8 502 [Devon dial.] To-day have I dealt thee a pong in the midriff.

1879 G. Meredith Egoist III. ix. 185 Come, Crossjay, you're not a fellow to be scared by ghosts? You looked it when you made a dash at my midriff.

1886 Cent. Mag. May 107/2 A marking peculiar to it [sc. the oriental fancy pigeon] is the ‘arrow point,’ the effect of a wedge-shaped mark of darker shade at the edge of the feather just at the midriff.

1889 M. J. Cawein Accolon of Gaul 60 She..Beheld the brute thing throttled and the face Of angry Urience over..Dug in his midriff, the close knees, updrawn, Wedged deep the glutton sides that quaked and strove, A shaggy bulk, whose sharp hoofs horny drove.

1916 T. W. H. Crosland War Poems 66 He just waits and waits and waits—Watchful Joffre! Then he pounces—un, deux—biff! Takes 'em right in the midriff.

1964 E. Huxley Back Street New Worlds ix. 95 Displaying a shapely but naked midriff.

1966 L. Halliday Fashion Makers ii. 41 A modern girl will cheerfully bare her midriff on the beach.

1972 E. Larsen Creative Dressmaker viii. 73 Cover the midriff with a piece of lace.

1987 R. Harris Summers of Wild Rose (1991) xix. 154 His unbuttoned shirt, open to the midriff, revealed a powerful throat and chest.

1996 H. Fielding Bridget Jones's Diary 210 Her friend..was wearing a sprayed-on dress that showed her pants and midriff.

b. The part of a woman's garment which covers the front of the body between the bosom and the waist, esp. if cut separately from the upper bodice.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > covering spec parts of body > other

breasta1486

thigh1533

leg1558

belly1600

instepc1615

knee1662

belly-piece1689

legging1738

wrist1803

bust1808

midriff1941

1941 Fashion Digest Fall 74 Playsuit with wide-midriff and full-pleated skirt.

1948 Harper's Bazaar Jan. 99 Inside the elasticized bodice is a lightly boned midriff, an uplift brassiere.

1964 McCall's Sewing in Colour 12/1 Wide sashes, contrasting belts, set-in midriffs will give a lift to the waistline.

1965 Guardian 7 May 10/1 Rayon linen jump-suit with turn-up trousers and Orlon fish-net midriff.

1973 E. Morgan Whittrick v. 22 It's quite a simple thing, Black satin, with rather a sheath skirt But slit at the side, as you see—..to let me walk. The nylon midriff Might be called new.

1995 Canad. Living June 86 Bold white stripes racing around the midriff add graphic punch to a sleek tank with a boycut leg.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

midriff exposure n.

ΚΠ

2000 Sunday Star Times (N.Z.) (Electronic ed.) 18 June Less breast, more midriff exposure than other pop princesses due to a wardrobe comprising only hipsters and tight tops.

midriff section n.

ΚΠ

1986 J. Bentham Doctor Who: Early Years 127 The prototype [of a Dalek] came first, built mostly from wood... The biggest change was the midriff section.

† midriff vein n. Obsolete

ΚΠ

1656 T. Blount Glossographia at Vein Diaphragmatick veins, the midriff veins.

midriff-baring adj.

ΚΠ

1983 S. Rushdie Shame v. 87 A picture full of irreconcilable elements, midriffbaring immigrant saris versus demure, indigenous Sindhi shalwar-kurtas.

1997 Time Out 10 Sept. 66/3 (advt.) DJs Dom T, Neil Charles & Derek B drop House party anthems for glammy midriff-baring dancers on the main floor.

midriff-exposing adj.

ΚΠ

1989 Spin Oct. 65/2 70s glam flared hiphuggers and midriff-exposing mini-shirts.

midriff-shaken adj. poetic

ΚΠ

1884 Ld. Tennyson Becket iii. iii. 138 Many midriff-shaken even to tears.

C2. Designating a garment or style of clothing, as midriff mode, midriff shirt, midriff top, etc.

ΚΠ

1953 P. Binder Muffs & Morals i. 31 The midriff mode..came in just before the Second World War... It shocked nobody.

1974 Dance Mag. June 80/1 (advt.) At last a fashion-wise..line of garments that can be worn for dance, sports..or street wear... Leg Warmers..Midriff Top..Swing Skirt.

1992 Ebony May 94 (caption) Three-piece ensemble with leather midriff shirt sashed in front, leather jacket, and tiered ballerina skirt.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	midriff
释义	midriffn. Brit. /ˈmɪdrɪf/, U.S. /ˈmɪdˌrɪf(t)/ Forms: Old English (probably transmission error) 1500s–1600s midrife, Old English–early Middle English midhrif, Old English–1500s 1700s–1800s midrif, Middle English midref, Middle English mydref, Middle English mydreyf, Middle English mydrif, Middle English–1500s mydryf, Middle English–1500s mydryff, Middle English–1500s mydryffe, late Middle English middrif, late Middle English midreff, late Middle English midreffe, late Middle English myddereffe, late Middle English myddrefe, late Middle English mydrefe, late Middle English mydruv (perhaps transmission error), 1500s middreffe, 1500s middryfe, 1500s midrefe, 1500s midriefe, 1500s myddreffe, 1500s mydryfe, 1500s–1600s middriffe, 1500s–1600s midriffe, 1500s– midriff, 1600s middrift, 1600s midreife. Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Cognate with Old Frisian midhrif < the Germanic base of mid adj. + the Germanic base of Old English hrif belly (cognate with Old Frisian href , hrif , Old Saxon ref (Middle Low German rif , ref ), Old High German href < the Indo-European base of classical Latin corpus : see corpse n.); compare (with different first element: see middle adj.) Middle Dutch middelrijf (Dutch middelrif , (rare) middenrif : compare middleriff n.), Middle Low German middelrif . Compare midred n., and later riff n.³The form mydruv should perhaps be interpreted as a transmission error for mydrun , and hence a variant (not elsewhere attested) of midgen n. (compare forms s.v.). 1. a. The diaphragm (now rare). Originally also: the greater omentum (now rare, perhaps obsolete).Cf. midred n. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > internal organs > diaphragm > [noun] midredeOE midriffeOE diaphragm1398 midgena1400 middleriff1598 traverse1601 riff1631 phren1706 eOE Bald's Leechbk. (Royal) (1865) ii. lvi. 278 Hwilum onginneð of þam midhrife se is betweox þære wambe & þære lifre. OE tr. Pseudo-Apuleius Herbarium (Vitell.) (1984) 3 (table of contents) Wiþ þæt mannes midrif ace. OE tr. Pseudo-Apuleius Herbarium (Vitell.) (1984) iii. 44 Gif mannes midrife [read midrif; ?a1200 Harl. 6258B midhrif] ace genime fifleafan seaw, mencg to wine & drince. a1333 Gloss. W. de Bibbesworth (BL Add.) (1929) 76 (MED) Midrif. a1400 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Ashm.) (1894) 148 (MED) He declineþ into þe ynnere partie til þat he peerse þoruȝ þe mydrif. a1425 Medulla Gram. (Stonyhurst) f. 45^v Omentum, a myddrefe or a wombcloute. Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 337 Mydryf of a beste,..diafragma. a1475 Liber Cocorum (Sloane) (1862) 10 Take..þo mydruv [perh. read mydrun] and þe kydnere, And hew hom smalle. 1486 Bk. St. Albans sig. eviij In the Mydref that callid is the rondell also. 1541 T. Elyot Castel of Helthe (new ed.) 49 The entrayles, which be underneth the myddreffe. ?1550 H. Llwyd tr. Pope John XXI Treasury of Healthe sig. a.viii^v A wounde in the braynes, hert, midrife,..or lyuer is deadly. 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 iii. iii. 156 Theres no roome for faith, trueth, nor honestie, in this bosome of thine. It is all fild vp with guttes and midriffe . View more context for this quotation 1613 M. Ridley Short Treat. Magneticall Bodies 28 An Aequator, or middle fence, that divideth the whole body in the middest between the two Poles, like a Middrift. 1641 J. Milton Of Reformation 84 We would burst our midriffes rather then laugh. 1668 N. Culpeper & A. Cole tr. T. Bartholin Anat. (new ed.) i. xiv. 34 A broad Membranous and thin Ligament,..arising from the Peritonæum which the Midriff undercircles. 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Oesophagus It..passes through the Midriff. 1806 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Inferno II. xxviii. 195 Dangling his entrails hung, the midriff..and wretched ventricle, That turns th' englutted aliment to dross. 1849 H. Melville Redburn xx. 127 Jonah himself must have been disappointed when he looked up to the domed midriff surmounting the whale's belly. 1898 Catholic World June 354 Swiftly four pariahs bear the head into the idol's presence, four chucklers hasten to cut off one of the fore-legs, which is inserted crosswise in her mouth, and the midriff is, as usual, placed upon her head. 1910 Encycl. Brit. VIII. 166/2 The diaphragm or midriff..is a large fibro-muscular partition between the cavities of the thorax and abdomen. a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. xxi. 660 Mammals stand alone in having a muscular sheet—the midriff or diaphragm—separating the chest-cavity..from the abdominal cavity. †b. As a term of abuse. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > inferior person > [noun] > as abused warlockOE swinec1175 beastc1225 wolf's-fista1300 avetrolc1300 congeonc1300 dirtc1300 slimec1315 snipec1325 lurdanc1330 misbegetc1330 sorrowa1350 shrew1362 jordan1377 wirlingc1390 frog?a1400 warianglea1400 wretcha1400 horcop14.. turdc1400 callet1415 lotterela1450 paddock?a1475 souter1478 chuff?a1500 langbain?c1500 cockatrice1508 sow1508 spink1508 wilrone1508 rook?a1513 streaker?a1513 dirt-dauber?1518 marmoset1523 babiona1529 poll-hatcheta1529 bear-wolf1542 misbegotten1546 pig1546 excrement1561 mamzer1562 chuff-cat1563 varlet1566 toada1568 mandrake1568 spider1568 rat1571 bull-beef1573 mole-catcher1573 suppository1573 curtal1578 spider-catcher1579 mongrela1585 roita1585 stickdirta1585 dogfish1589 Poor John1589 dog's facec1590 tar-boxa1592 baboon1592 pot-hunter1592 venom1592 porcupine1594 lick-fingers1595 mouldychaps1595 tripe1595 conundrum1596 fat-guts1598 thornback1599 land-rat1600 midriff1600 stinkardc1600 Tartar1600 tumbril1601 lobster1602 pilcher1602 windfucker?1602 stinker1607 hog rubber1611 shad1612 splay-foot1612 tim1612 whit1612 verdugo1616 renegado1622 fish-facea1625 flea-trapa1625 hound's head1633 mulligrub1633 nightmare1633 toad's-guts1634 bitch-baby1638 shagamuffin1642 shit-breech1648 shitabed1653 snite1653 pissabed1672 bastard1675 swab1687 tar-barrel1695 runt1699 fat-face1740 shit-sack1769 vagabond1842 shick-shack1847 soor1848 b1851 stink-pot1854 molie1871 pig-dog1871 schweinhund1871 wind-sucker1880 fucker1893 cocksucker1894 wart1896 so-and-so1897 swine-hound1899 motherfucker1918 S.O.B.1918 twat1922 mong1926 mucker1929 basket1936 cowson1936 zombie1936 meatball1937 shower1943 chickenshit1945 mugger1945 motherferyer1946 hooer1952 morpion1954 mother1955 mother-raper1959 louser1960 effer1961 salaud1962 gunk1964 scunge1967 1600 T. Dekker Shomakers Holiday sig. B3 Wife. Seuen yeares husband? Eyre. Peace Midriffe, peace, I know what I do, peace. 1600 T. Dekker Shomakers Holiday sig. C2^v What Nan, what Madge-mumble-crust, come out you fatte Midriffe-swag, belly-whores. †c. A partition (in quot. 1834 probably in extended use of a board not serving as a partition). Cf. diaphragm n. 2a. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition or fact of being interjacent > [noun] > that which is interjacent > and separates two things > a partition interclose1344 enterclosea1430 partition1545 distinction1578 membrane1631 septuma1638 diaphragm1660 midriff1660 cloison1693 separationc1720 dispartation1779 separator1881 1660 R. Boyle New Exper. Physico-mechanicall Proem 12 In the midst of which frame, is..nail'd a board,..which may not improperly be call'd a Midriff. 1682 R. Boyle Contin. New Exper. Physico-mech.: 2nd Pt. 19 A Diaphragma or Midriff of Tin whose edges are so polished on both sides that [etc.]. 1766 Compl. Farmer at Ventilator A square box..in the middle of which is placed a broad partition, or midriff, made to move up and down. 1834 W. S. W. Ruschenberger Three Years in Pacific 346 A horizontal stage, supported by stanchions and chains, juts out from the top of the rock, having a vertical shutter or midriff floating from its edge. The ascent from the camel to the stage is effected by the aid of a rope ladder. d. colloquial. to tickle (also shake) the midriff and variants: to cause laughter. to shake to the midriff: to laugh heartily. See also midriff-shaken adj. at Compounds 1b. ΚΠ 1831 C. Lamb Peter's Net in Englishman's Mag. 2 138 That conceit arrided us most..and still tickles our midriff to remember. 1841 W. Allston Monaldi xv. 195 He shall shake yet to his midriff for putting me on this cursed business. 1850 Ld. Tennyson Princess (ed. 3) i. 23 A sight to shake The midriff of despair with laughter. 1860 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) 30 June 11/2 The No Kamian midriff was all untickled by her promises of a good old time. 1875 Overland Monthly Dec. 538/2 They smiled at the very grimness of evil fortune until she fled, and, in doing this, they..tickled the midriff of the world. 1928 Evening Sun (Baltimore) 23 Apr. ii. 17/4 Let us not forget its high capacity to soothe and tickle the midriff. 2. a. The front of the body between the chest and the waist. Also (occasionally): the part of an animal's body corresponding generally to the human midriff. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > trunk > [noun] > middle of trunk or waist middleeOE mideOE girdlec1275 rondelc1300 girdlesteadc1330 waistc1386 belt steadc1540 girding-place1601 midriff1823 beltline1892 midsection1956 1823 New Monthly Mag. 8 502 [Devon dial.] To-day have I dealt thee a pong in the midriff. 1879 G. Meredith Egoist III. ix. 185 Come, Crossjay, you're not a fellow to be scared by ghosts? You looked it when you made a dash at my midriff. 1886 Cent. Mag. May 107/2 A marking peculiar to it [sc. the oriental fancy pigeon] is the ‘arrow point,’ the effect of a wedge-shaped mark of darker shade at the edge of the feather just at the midriff. 1889 M. J. Cawein Accolon of Gaul 60 She..Beheld the brute thing throttled and the face Of angry Urience over..Dug in his midriff, the close knees, updrawn, Wedged deep the glutton sides that quaked and strove, A shaggy bulk, whose sharp hoofs horny drove. 1916 T. W. H. Crosland War Poems 66 He just waits and waits and waits—Watchful Joffre! Then he pounces—un, deux—biff! Takes 'em right in the midriff. 1964 E. Huxley Back Street New Worlds ix. 95 Displaying a shapely but naked midriff. 1966 L. Halliday Fashion Makers ii. 41 A modern girl will cheerfully bare her midriff on the beach. 1972 E. Larsen Creative Dressmaker viii. 73 Cover the midriff with a piece of lace. 1987 R. Harris Summers of Wild Rose (1991) xix. 154 His unbuttoned shirt, open to the midriff, revealed a powerful throat and chest. 1996 H. Fielding Bridget Jones's Diary 210 Her friend..was wearing a sprayed-on dress that showed her pants and midriff. b. The part of a woman's garment which covers the front of the body between the bosom and the waist, esp. if cut separately from the upper bodice. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > covering spec parts of body > other breasta1486 thigh1533 leg1558 belly1600 instepc1615 knee1662 belly-piece1689 legging1738 wrist1803 bust1808 midriff1941 1941 Fashion Digest Fall 74 Playsuit with wide-midriff and full-pleated skirt. 1948 Harper's Bazaar Jan. 99 Inside the elasticized bodice is a lightly boned midriff, an uplift brassiere. 1964 McCall's Sewing in Colour 12/1 Wide sashes, contrasting belts, set-in midriffs will give a lift to the waistline. 1965 Guardian 7 May 10/1 Rayon linen jump-suit with turn-up trousers and Orlon fish-net midriff. 1973 E. Morgan Whittrick v. 22 It's quite a simple thing, Black satin, with rather a sheath skirt But slit at the side, as you see—..to let me walk. The nylon midriff Might be called new. 1995 Canad. Living June 86 Bold white stripes racing around the midriff add graphic punch to a sleek tank with a boycut leg. Compounds C1. General attributive. a. midriff exposure n. ΚΠ 2000 Sunday Star Times (N.Z.) (Electronic ed.) 18 June Less breast, more midriff exposure than other pop princesses due to a wardrobe comprising only hipsters and tight tops. midriff section n. ΚΠ 1986 J. Bentham Doctor Who: Early Years 127 The prototype [of a Dalek] came first, built mostly from wood... The biggest change was the midriff section. † midriff vein n. Obsolete ΚΠ 1656 T. Blount Glossographia at Vein Diaphragmatick veins, the midriff veins. b. midriff-baring adj. ΚΠ 1983 S. Rushdie Shame v. 87 A picture full of irreconcilable elements, midriffbaring immigrant saris versus demure, indigenous Sindhi shalwar-kurtas. 1997 Time Out 10 Sept. 66/3 (advt.) DJs Dom T, Neil Charles & Derek B drop House party anthems for glammy midriff-baring dancers on the main floor. midriff-exposing adj. ΚΠ 1989 Spin Oct. 65/2 70s glam flared hiphuggers and midriff-exposing mini-shirts. midriff-shaken adj. poetic ΚΠ 1884 Ld. Tennyson Becket iii. iii. 138 Many midriff-shaken even to tears. C2. Designating a garment or style of clothing, as midriff mode, midriff shirt, midriff top, etc. ΚΠ 1953 P. Binder Muffs & Morals i. 31 The midriff mode..came in just before the Second World War... It shocked nobody. 1974 Dance Mag. June 80/1 (advt.) At last a fashion-wise..line of garments that can be worn for dance, sports..or street wear... Leg Warmers..Midriff Top..Swing Skirt. 1992 Ebony May 94 (caption) Three-piece ensemble with leather midriff shirt sashed in front, leather jacket, and tiered ballerina skirt. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.eOE
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