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midlight

midlight noun: a moment or aspect neither favorable or unfavorable; a neutral happening or incident.

Noun

midlight (plural midlights)

  1. (uncommon) A moment or aspect neither favorable or unfavorable; a neutral happening or incident.
  2. (painting) An area or a spot in a drawing, painting, or photograph that is somewhat illuminated.
  3. In hairstyling, a highlight in a slightly darker color rather than a lighter one.

Verb

midlight (third-person singular simple present midlights, present participle midlighting, simple past and past participle midlighted)

  1. (transitive) To dye (part of the hair) a slightly darker color than the rest.

Forms of midlight

Noun
pluralmidlights
Verb
third-person singular presentmidlights
present participlemidlighting
past participlemidlighted
pastmidlighted

Origin of midlight

From mid + light. Formed by analogy with lowlight and highlight.

Questions about midlight

What does midlight mean?
Midlight means a moment or aspect neither favorable or unfavorable; a neutral happening or incident.
What part of speech is midlight?
Midlight can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of midlight?
The plural of midlight is midlights.

Words near midlight in the dictionary

  1. midlife
  2. midlife crises
  3. midlife crisis
  4. midlifer
  5. midlifers
  6. midlight
  7. midlighted
  8. midlighting
  9. midlights
  10. midline
  11. midline theorem

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