midperformance

midperformance

English

Alternative forms

  • mid-performance

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 performance
English midperformance

    From mid- + performance.

    Adverb

    midperformance (not comparable)

    1. In the middle of a performance
      • 2009 January 28, Patrick Healy, “An Evening in Black and White From a Playwright Who Is Neither”, in New York Times‎[1]:
        Many playwrights dread sitting among their audiences: Nothing is quite as soul-killing as overhearing people savage your work in midperformance.
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