midperformance

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adverb

In the middle of a performance

OriginEnglish performance ← Middle English mid ← Old English midd →
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Meanings

adverbmidperformance (not comparable)
  1. not comparableIn the middle of a performance

    Many playwrights dread sitting among their audiences: Nothing is quite as soul-killing as overhearing people savage your work in midperformance.

    2009 January 28, Patrick Healy, “An Evening in Black and White From a Playwright Who Is Neither”, in New York Times

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*me
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*médʰi
  4. Proto-Indo-European*médʰyos
  5. Proto-Germanic*midjaz
  6. Proto-West Germanic*midi
  7. Old Englishmidd
  8. Middle Englishmid
  9. Englishmid
  10. Englishmid-
  11. Englishperformance
  12. Englishmidperformance

From mid- + performance.

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Cite this entry
APA

midperformance. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/midperformance

MLA

“midperformance.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/midperformance. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “midperformance,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/midperformance.

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