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midriff

noun
/ˈmɪdɹɪf/

Etymology

From Middle English midref, mydrif, from Old English midrif, midhrif (“the midriff; diaphragm”), from Proto-West Germanic *middjahrif. Equivalent to mid- + riff.

  1. inherited from *middjahrif✻
  2. inherited from midrif
  3. inherited from midref

Definitions

  1. The middle section of the human torso, from below the chest to above the waist

    The middle section of the human torso, from below the chest to above the waist; the abdomen and its back part.

    • Near-synonym: midsection
    • I stuck it out for about an hour and then, apprised by a hollow feeling in the midriff that the dinner hour was approaching, laid a course for home.
    • But by Season 3, she said her patience had fizzled like bad Champagne after Emily grossly mispronounced “bien sûr” (“of course!”), flashed her midriff at the office and mistook George Sand, the French romantic writer, as a man.

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