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midstory 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 story English midstory From mid- + story.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) In the middle of a story; during a story.
    • If you interrupt him midstory, he absolutely loses it. 2004, Intelligent Systems, translated by Nintendo of America, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Nintendo, GameCube:

midstory en · NOUN

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 story English midstory From mid- + story.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The middle part of a story, neither the beginning nor the end.
    • The songs often start in midstory, packed with more detail than the mind can process. 2007 November 5, Kelefa Sanneh, “With a Torrent of Lyrics, Daring the Fans to Keep Up”, in New York Times: