middle worldn.

Brit.

/ˌmɪdl ˈwəːld/, U.S.

/ˌmɪd(ə)l ˈwərld/

Forms: see middle adj. and world n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: middle adj., world n.

Etymology: < middle adj. + world n., after middle-erd n. Compare middle earth n.

1. = middle earth n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the universe > planet > primary planet > earth > [noun] > as centre of universe

middenerdeOE

middle-erdc1175

middle worldc1175

middle earthc1300

mids-worlda1325

mid-world?1536

centre1579

mid-earth1810

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 17538 Off þise fowwre shaffte iss all. Þiss middell werelld timmbredd.

a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 98 Of watres froren, of yses wal, Ðis middel-werld it luket al.

1647 H. More Philos. Poems 247 God, heaven, this middle world; deep glimmering hell.., The forms of all in humane souls do dwell.

1821 W. Scott Pirate II. xi. 270 He spoke mair like a man of the middle world than she had ever heard him since she had [etc.].

1875 J. Miller Ship in Desert vii. 25 He stood as one who found and named The middle world. What visions flamed Athwart the west!

1954 J. R. R. Tolkien Fellowship of Ring i. ix. 161 The first Men that ever wandered into the West of the middle-world.

1990 D. Carrasco Relig. Mesoamer. ii. 51 The Mesoamerican universe, in its various formulations, had a geometry consisting of three general levels: an overworld or celestial space; the middleworld or earthly level: and the underworld.

†2. (An intermediate region representing) purgatory. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > deity > hell > [noun] > purgatory

purgatory?c1225

purging place?c1425

the land of whipperginnie1594

repository1638

middle world1691

1691 R. Ames Lawyerus Bootatus & Spurratus 4 The cause is in as bad Condition, As is a Soul in sad Contrition In middle World, and's left no Pence, To Priest to Pray him out from thence.

1842 Ladies' Repository Jan. 13/2 A middle world has been invented, on the ground of whose imagined tortures to the dead, new taxes might be levied on the living.

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

单词	middle world
释义	middle worldn. Brit. /ˌmɪdl ˈwəːld/, U.S. /ˌmɪd(ə)l ˈwərld/ Forms: see middle adj. and world n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: middle adj., world n. Etymology: < middle adj. + world n., after middle-erd n. Compare middle earth n. 1. = middle earth n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > planet > primary planet > earth > [noun] > as centre of universe middenerdeOE middle-erdc1175 middle worldc1175 middle earthc1300 mids-worlda1325 mid-world?1536 centre1579 mid-earth1810 c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 17538 Off þise fowwre shaffte iss all. Þiss middell werelld timmbredd. a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 98 Of watres froren, of yses wal, Ðis middel-werld it luket al. 1647 H. More Philos. Poems 247 God, heaven, this middle world; deep glimmering hell.., The forms of all in humane souls do dwell. 1821 W. Scott Pirate II. xi. 270 He spoke mair like a man of the middle world than she had ever heard him since she had [etc.]. 1875 J. Miller Ship in Desert vii. 25 He stood as one who found and named The middle world. What visions flamed Athwart the west! 1954 J. R. R. Tolkien Fellowship of Ring i. ix. 161 The first Men that ever wandered into the West of the middle-world. 1990 D. Carrasco Relig. Mesoamer. ii. 51 The Mesoamerican universe, in its various formulations, had a geometry consisting of three general levels: an overworld or celestial space; the middleworld or earthly level: and the underworld. †2. (An intermediate region representing) purgatory. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > hell > [noun] > purgatory purgatory?c1225 purging place?c1425 the land of whipperginnie1594 repository1638 middle world1691 1691 R. Ames Lawyerus Bootatus & Spurratus 4 The cause is in as bad Condition, As is a Soul in sad Contrition In middle World, and's left no Pence, To Priest to Pray him out from thence. 1842 Ladies' Repository Jan. 13/2 A middle world has been invented, on the ground of whose imagined tortures to the dead, new taxes might be levied on the living. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1175
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