mid-placen.

Brit.

/ˈmɪdpleɪs/, U.S.

/ˈmɪdˌpleɪs/

Forms: see mid adj. and place n.¹; also late Middle English mydd place.

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

Etymology: < mid adj. + place n.¹A form mid-placie is also found from the 20th cent. in Scots in sense 2.

Now rare.

1. A place in the middle.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > central condition or position > [noun] > a place in the middle

mid-placea1400

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 21539 (MED) Vnto þe tun bar þai þaa tre; Þar war þai don als in mide place.

?a1425 (c1400) Mandeville's Trav. (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 187 In mydd place of þat vale, vnder a roche, is an hed & the visage of a deuyl.

a1475 (a1447) O. Bokenham Mappula Angliae in Englische Studien (1887) 10 17 Leicestire made kyng Leyre..and sette hit yn þe myd-place of Looegrie.

1610 J. Healey tr. St. Augustine Citie of God viii. xii. 350 The mid-place is neither the highest nor the lowest.

a1657 W. Burton Comm. Antoninus his Itinerary (1658) 131 In the mid-place between, the River Dee runnes along.

1676 Rec. Inverness in W. Mackay Rec. Presbyteries Inverness & Dingwall (1896) 73 Gask, a mide place betuixt these..paroches.

1885 E. Arnold tr. Song Celestial or Bhagavad-Gîtâ xiv. 134 Those of the first Rise ever higher; those of the second mode Take a mid place; the darkened souls sink back To lower deeps.

1945 Jrnl. Educ. Sociol. 19 149 With the growth of the Madison Street community and the Jackson area it tended to become a midplace between the two.

1995 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 14 Oct. i. 13/1 Dancing together, they have found a midplace between the cloven and the pointed foot.

†2. Scottish. A small middle room in a three-roomed single-storey cottage. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > types of room by situation > [noun] > others

garden room1619

tablinum1715

garden apartment1751

piazza1773

turret-room1803

shed-room1843

hall-room1859

return room1869

mid-place1871

stoep-room1880

sun space1907

1871 C. Gibbon For Lack of Gold xvi Entering the door there was an apartment on each side, a ‘mid-place’—that is, a big cupboard.

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

单词	mid-place
释义	mid-placen. Brit. /ˈmɪdpleɪs/, U.S. /ˈmɪdˌpleɪs/ Forms: see mid adj. and place n.¹; also late Middle English mydd place. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mid adj., place n.¹ Etymology: < mid adj. + place n.¹A form mid-placie is also found from the 20th cent. in Scots in sense 2. Now rare. 1. A place in the middle. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > central condition or position > [noun] > a place in the middle mid-placea1400 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 21539 (MED) Vnto þe tun bar þai þaa tre; Þar war þai don als in mide place. ?a1425 (c1400) Mandeville's Trav. (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 187 In mydd place of þat vale, vnder a roche, is an hed & the visage of a deuyl. a1475 (a1447) O. Bokenham Mappula Angliae in Englische Studien (1887) 10 17 Leicestire made kyng Leyre..and sette hit yn þe myd-place of Looegrie. 1610 J. Healey tr. St. Augustine Citie of God viii. xii. 350 The mid-place is neither the highest nor the lowest. a1657 W. Burton Comm. Antoninus his Itinerary (1658) 131 In the mid-place between, the River Dee runnes along. 1676 Rec. Inverness in W. Mackay Rec. Presbyteries Inverness & Dingwall (1896) 73 Gask, a mide place betuixt these..paroches. 1885 E. Arnold tr. Song Celestial or Bhagavad-Gîtâ xiv. 134 Those of the first Rise ever higher; those of the second mode Take a mid place; the darkened souls sink back To lower deeps. 1945 Jrnl. Educ. Sociol. 19 149 With the growth of the Madison Street community and the Jackson area it tended to become a midplace between the two. 1995 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 14 Oct. i. 13/1 Dancing together, they have found a midplace between the cloven and the pointed foot. †2. Scottish. A small middle room in a three-roomed single-storey cottage. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > types of room by situation > [noun] > others garden room1619 tablinum1715 garden apartment1751 piazza1773 turret-room1803 shed-room1843 hall-room1859 return room1869 mid-place1871 stoep-room1880 sun space1907 1871 C. Gibbon For Lack of Gold xvi Entering the door there was an apartment on each side, a ‘mid-place’—that is, a big cupboard. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1400
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