Midwestn.adj.

Brit.

/ˌmɪdˈwɛst/, U.S.

/ˈmɪdˈwɛst/

Forms: 1800s– Mid-West, 1900s– Midwest.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mid adj., west n.¹

Etymology: < mid adj. + west n.¹ Compare earlier Middle West n. and Midwestern adj.

A. n.

An area of the United States originally comprising central states west of the Ohio River and east of the Missouri, and now often including also states as far west as the Rocky Mountains and as far south as Oklahoma.

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the world > the earth > named regions of earth > America > North America > [noun] > United States > western states > mid-west

Mid-America1861

Middle West1866

Midwest1894

Middle America1924

1894 Overland Monthly Aug. 140/1 Almost single-handed, she has upheld classicism in this country.., the two other classical poets of the Mid-West..not being over-productive.

1923 Collier's 25 Aug. 24/3 One of the economic causes of Mid-Western discontent is the feeling that the Mid-West is the object of discrimination.

1968 J. W. Watson N. Amer. (ed. 2) xxi. 683 The Far West..gained from the battle which the Mid-West had fought for the growth of domestic industry.

1985 Daily Mail 19 Mar. 10/5 The trouble is that for most Americans the Mid-West, like other regional identities, is less a place on the map than a state of mind.

1995 Times 21 Apr. 11/1 Oklahoma City is..a quiet metropolis..that sprawls across 600 square miles of arid plain where the Midwest meets the South.

B. adj.

Situated in, of, or belonging to the Midwest.

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the world > the earth > named regions of earth > America > North America > [adjective] > U.S.A. > Western States > mid-west

Middle Western1797

Middle American1851

Midwestern1886

Midwest1905

Mid-American1906

1905 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 11 402 During the years of Lakeside's growth other eastern publishers began to glean in Mid-West fields.

?1963 K. Rexroth in B. Morrow World outside Window (1987) 215 The mystic Midwest Populism that had come down from the communitarian experiments of the 1940's.

1978 J. Senior Death Christian Culture vi. 90 A reading list devised at a midwest university.

1993 Nature Conservancy Nov.–Dec. 13/1 (caption) This vibrant prairie lily grows in the Midwest savanna.

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

单词	midwest
释义	Midwestn.adj. Brit. /ˌmɪdˈwɛst/, U.S. /ˈmɪdˈwɛst/ Forms: 1800s– Mid-West, 1900s– Midwest. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mid adj., west n.¹ Etymology: < mid adj. + west n.¹ Compare earlier Middle West n. and Midwestern adj. A. n. An area of the United States originally comprising central states west of the Ohio River and east of the Missouri, and now often including also states as far west as the Rocky Mountains and as far south as Oklahoma. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > America > North America > [noun] > United States > western states > mid-west Mid-America1861 Middle West1866 Midwest1894 Middle America1924 1894 Overland Monthly Aug. 140/1 Almost single-handed, she has upheld classicism in this country.., the two other classical poets of the Mid-West..not being over-productive. 1923 Collier's 25 Aug. 24/3 One of the economic causes of Mid-Western discontent is the feeling that the Mid-West is the object of discrimination. 1968 J. W. Watson N. Amer. (ed. 2) xxi. 683 The Far West..gained from the battle which the Mid-West had fought for the growth of domestic industry. 1985 Daily Mail 19 Mar. 10/5 The trouble is that for most Americans the Mid-West, like other regional identities, is less a place on the map than a state of mind. 1995 Times 21 Apr. 11/1 Oklahoma City is..a quiet metropolis..that sprawls across 600 square miles of arid plain where the Midwest meets the South. B. adj. Situated in, of, or belonging to the Midwest. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > America > North America > [adjective] > U.S.A. > Western States > mid-west Middle Western1797 Middle American1851 Midwestern1886 Midwest1905 Mid-American1906 1905 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 11 402 During the years of Lakeside's growth other eastern publishers began to glean in Mid-West fields. ?1963 K. Rexroth in B. Morrow World outside Window (1987) 215 The mystic Midwest Populism that had come down from the communitarian experiments of the 1940's. 1978 J. Senior Death Christian Culture vi. 90 A reading list devised at a midwest university. 1993 Nature Conservancy Nov.–Dec. 13/1 (caption) This vibrant prairie lily grows in the Midwest savanna. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1894
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