middlemostadj.n.adv.

Brit.

/ˈmɪdlməʊst/, U.S.

/ˈmɪd(ə)lˌmoʊst/

Forms: see middle adj. and -most suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: middle adj., -most suffix.

Etymology: < middle adj. + -most suffix. Compare earlier midmost adj., n., adv., and prep.

A. adj.

That is in the very middle, or nearest the middle. Now chiefly with reference to position, age, or number (formerly also with reference to size, quality, etc.). Cf. midmost adj., and middlest superlative of middle adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > middle > [adjective]

middleeOE

midmosteOE

mid1273

mean1340

middlemosta1400

mediate?1440

moyen1481

median1592

intermedial1599

intermediate1648

mede1706

intermediary1788

the world > space > relative position > central condition or position > [adjective] > situated in the centre or middle > most central

midmosteOE

middesta1400

middlemosta1400

centremost1812

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 10023 (MED) Þe baile midelmast o thre Bitakens wel hir chastite.

a1400 in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) I. 52 (MED) Tak the rote of walwort..do away the overmast rynd, and tak the mydilmaste rynde.

c1440 (a1350) Sir Isumbras (Thornton) (1844) 184 His medilmast sone ȝit lefte he thare.

1565 A. Golding tr. Ovid Fyrst Fower Bks. Metamorphosis ii. f. 12 In Cecrops Court were Chambers three... Of whiche Aglauros had the left and Pandrose had the right, And Hersee had the myddelmost.

1577 R. Holinshed Hist. Eng. 21/1 in Chron. I Cunedagius the son of Hennius & Ragay (middlemost daughter of Leir, before mentioned).

1638 F. Junius Painting of Ancients 282 Although it require great skill to paint the bodie and middlemost parts of figures, yet [etc.].

1658 J. Rowland tr. T. Moffett Theater of Insects in Topsell's Hist. Four-footed Beasts (rev. ed.) 952 For there are these several sorts of them, the bigger, lesser, middlemost and least.

1671 H. M. tr. Erasmus Colloquies 14 My middlemost son hath lately entred into holy Orders.

1721 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husb. II. 222 The undermost part of the middlemost Joints are to be cut off half through.

1756 C. Smart tr. Horace Art of Poetry in Works of Horace (1767) IV. 284 But with regard to bards profest, Nor Gods nor men nor rubric post, Can bear them when they're middlemost.

1812 J. Bigland Beauties Eng. & Wales XVI. 517 Folding gates, the middlemost of which is of iron.

1862 G. Borrow Wild Wales (1901) xxiii. 72/1 Three men—the middlemost was praying in Welsh.

1925 C. S. Durrant Link between Flemish Mystics & Eng. Martyrs ii. v. 241 Thus there came Sisters Barbara and Lidwin Clapton, who were the two middlemost of four Sisters professed together.

1953 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 58 546 There is in the middlemost occupational ranks a distribution scattering in an attenuated way over the whole set of four classes.

1982 Sci. Amer. Aug. 14/1 The pervasive spirit of mediocrity that had settled on us..urged us to deem champion..the player who had won the middlemost number of games.

†B. n.

The part or one in the middle. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > central condition or position > [noun] > central part

midmostc1384

middlemosta1425

mean1688

a1425 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (New Coll. Oxf.) Matt. Prol. 1 Mydelmest [c1384 Douce 369(2) In the whiche gospel, it is profitable..to knowe the first, the mydmeste, other the last].

1666 J. Locke Let. 15 Dec. (1976) I. 305 I cannot content myself with being amongst the meanest possibly the midlemost of my profession.

1673 W. Penn Christian-Quaker (1699) vii. 60 God himself inhabits the Lowest, and Highest, and the Middlemost.

†C. adv.

In the middle. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > middle > [adverb]

midst1667

middlemost1696

intermediately1736

mediately1794

1696 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Middleman (a term in the Art-military), he that stands middlemost in a File.

1736 S. Wesley Poems 403 This Rule in Words and Acts and Looks pursue, This first, this last, this middlemost, Be True!

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

单词	middlemost
释义	middlemostadj.n.adv. Brit. /ˈmɪdlməʊst/, U.S. /ˈmɪd(ə)lˌmoʊst/ Forms: see middle adj. and -most suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: middle adj., -most suffix. Etymology: < middle adj. + -most suffix. Compare earlier midmost adj., n., adv., and prep. A. adj. That is in the very middle, or nearest the middle. Now chiefly with reference to position, age, or number (formerly also with reference to size, quality, etc.). Cf. midmost adj., and middlest superlative of middle adj. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > middle > [adjective] middleeOE midmosteOE mid1273 mean1340 middlemosta1400 mediate?1440 moyen1481 median1592 intermedial1599 intermediate1648 mede1706 intermediary1788 the world > space > relative position > central condition or position > [adjective] > situated in the centre or middle > most central midmosteOE middesta1400 middlemosta1400 centremost1812 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 10023 (MED) Þe baile midelmast o thre Bitakens wel hir chastite. a1400 in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) I. 52 (MED) Tak the rote of walwort..do away the overmast rynd, and tak the mydilmaste rynde. c1440 (a1350) Sir Isumbras (Thornton) (1844) 184 His medilmast sone ȝit lefte he thare. 1565 A. Golding tr. Ovid Fyrst Fower Bks. Metamorphosis ii. f. 12 In Cecrops Court were Chambers three... Of whiche Aglauros had the left and Pandrose had the right, And Hersee had the myddelmost. 1577 R. Holinshed Hist. Eng. 21/1 in Chron. I Cunedagius the son of Hennius & Ragay (middlemost daughter of Leir, before mentioned). 1638 F. Junius Painting of Ancients 282 Although it require great skill to paint the bodie and middlemost parts of figures, yet [etc.]. 1658 J. Rowland tr. T. Moffett Theater of Insects in Topsell's Hist. Four-footed Beasts (rev. ed.) 952 For there are these several sorts of them, the bigger, lesser, middlemost and least. 1671 H. M. tr. Erasmus Colloquies 14 My middlemost son hath lately entred into holy Orders. 1721 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husb. II. 222 The undermost part of the middlemost Joints are to be cut off half through. 1756 C. Smart tr. Horace Art of Poetry in Works of Horace (1767) IV. 284 But with regard to bards profest, Nor Gods nor men nor rubric post, Can bear them when they're middlemost. 1812 J. Bigland Beauties Eng. & Wales XVI. 517 Folding gates, the middlemost of which is of iron. 1862 G. Borrow Wild Wales (1901) xxiii. 72/1 Three men—the middlemost was praying in Welsh. 1925 C. S. Durrant Link between Flemish Mystics & Eng. Martyrs ii. v. 241 Thus there came Sisters Barbara and Lidwin Clapton, who were the two middlemost of four Sisters professed together. 1953 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 58 546 There is in the middlemost occupational ranks a distribution scattering in an attenuated way over the whole set of four classes. 1982 Sci. Amer. Aug. 14/1 The pervasive spirit of mediocrity that had settled on us..urged us to deem champion..the player who had won the middlemost number of games. †B. n. The part or one in the middle. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > central condition or position > [noun] > central part midmostc1384 middlemosta1425 mean1688 a1425 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (New Coll. Oxf.) Matt. Prol. 1 Mydelmest [c1384 Douce 369(2) In the whiche gospel, it is profitable..to knowe the first, the mydmeste, other the last]. 1666 J. Locke Let. 15 Dec. (1976) I. 305 I cannot content myself with being amongst the meanest possibly the midlemost of my profession. 1673 W. Penn Christian-Quaker (1699) vii. 60 God himself inhabits the Lowest, and Highest, and the Middlemost. †C. adv. In the middle. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > middle > [adverb] midst1667 middlemost1696 intermediately1736 mediately1794 1696 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Middleman (a term in the Art-military), he that stands middlemost in a File. 1736 S. Wesley Poems 403 This Rule in Words and Acts and Looks pursue, This first, this last, this middlemost, Be True! This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.adv.a1400
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