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middlesome

adj

Etymology

From middle + -some.

  1. derived from *médʰyos✻
  2. derived from *midjō✻
  3. inherited from *midlą✻
  4. inherited from middel
  5. inherited from myddel
  6. suffixed as middlesome — “middle + some”

Definitions

  1. Characterised or marked by moderation

    Characterised or marked by moderation; tending toward the middle; intermediate; middling; average

    • Meddlesome and / I'll say middlesome; all right middling / people / You / and me / Dost You Care?

  2. In a middlesome manner

    In a middlesome manner; moderately

    • '[...] Don't drink too little and don't drink too much – drink middlesome.'

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA