midphrase en · ADV
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Germanic *midjaz Proto-West Germanic *midi Old English midd Middle English mid English mid English mid- English phrase English midphrase From mid- + phrase.
Meanings
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(not-comparable, often, with "in") In the middle of a phrase
He reared his body up and down with emotion as he played, and often grunted midphrase.
2007 June 2, Corey Kilgannon, “A Jazzman’s Farewell Album, All Heart and Soul”, in New York Times: