Midwesternadj.

Brit.

/ˌmɪdˈwɛst(ə)n/, U.S.

/ˌmɪdˈwɛstərn/

Forms: 1800s– mid-Western, 1900s– Mid-Western, 1900s– Midwestern, 1900s– mid-western, 1900s– midwestern.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mid adj., western adj.

Etymology: < mid adj. + western adj. Compare earlier Middle Western adj. and slightly later Midwest n. and adj.

Situated in the American Midwest; of, relating to, 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

1886 N. Amer. Rev. Jan. 64 With the exception of New York and Pennsylvania, the older Eastern States have not gone in for tenant-farming to anything like the same extent as the settled mid-Western States.

1905 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 11 402 The pages of Lakeside, with their portrayal of mid-western character, proved to be one source of satisfaction for a widespread desire to read the literature of locality.

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.

1946 Harper's Mag. Dec. 482/2 Midwestern humor is nervous and hyperbolic.

1972 M. J. Bosse Incident at Naha ii. 93 You can never wholly shed a Midwestern background.

1988 Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 17 July 21/8 The massive water reserves of the Great Lakes have become the focus of an unseemly power battle between rival Mid-Western states.

1999 Forbes 22 Feb. 142/3 Our midwestern attorney put each grandchild's $100,000 gift in his wife's name.

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

单词	midwestern
释义	Midwesternadj. Brit. /ˌmɪdˈwɛst(ə)n/, U.S. /ˌmɪdˈwɛstərn/ Forms: 1800s– mid-Western, 1900s– Mid-Western, 1900s– Midwestern, 1900s– mid-western, 1900s– midwestern. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mid adj., western adj. Etymology: < mid adj. + western adj. Compare earlier Middle Western adj. and slightly later Midwest n. and adj. Situated in the American Midwest; of, relating to, 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 1886 N. Amer. Rev. Jan. 64 With the exception of New York and Pennsylvania, the older Eastern States have not gone in for tenant-farming to anything like the same extent as the settled mid-Western States. 1905 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 11 402 The pages of Lakeside, with their portrayal of mid-western character, proved to be one source of satisfaction for a widespread desire to read the literature of locality. 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. 1946 Harper's Mag. Dec. 482/2 Midwestern humor is nervous and hyperbolic. 1972 M. J. Bosse Incident at Naha ii. 93 You can never wholly shed a Midwestern background. 1988 Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 17 July 21/8 The massive water reserves of the Great Lakes have become the focus of an unseemly power battle between rival Mid-Western states. 1999 Forbes 22 Feb. 142/3 Our midwestern attorney put each grandchild's $100,000 gift in his wife's name. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1886
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