midphrase

English

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.

midphrase (not comparable)

(often with "in") In the middle of a phrase
- 2007 June 2, Corey Kilgannon, “A Jazzman’s Farewell Album, All Heart and Soul”, in New York Times‎^[1]:
  He reared his body up and down with emotion as he played, and often grunted midphrase.