midthought

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noun

Some time during a thought.

OriginEnglish thought ← Middle English thought ← Old English þōht →
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Meanings

nounmidthought (uncountable)
  1. uncountableSome time during a thought.

    All the segments chewed over their ideas yet tended to end inconclusively, sometimes in midthought, as if they had reached the end of productive interaction with that particular line of inquiry.

    2007 February 15, Anne Midgette, “A New Work for Cello, Played Upon a Veteran”, in New York Times
adverbmidthought (not comparable)
  1. not comparableDuring a thought; in midthought.

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. Proto-Indo-European*teng-
  12. Proto-Germanic*þankijaną
  13. Proto-Germanic*þanhtaz
  14. Proto-West Germanic*þą̄ht
  15. Old Englishþōht
  16. Middle Englishthought
  17. Englishthought
  18. Englishmidthought

From mid- + thought.

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APA

midthought. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/midthought

MLA

“midthought.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/midthought. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “midthought,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/midthought.

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