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midthought

midthought noun: some time during a thought.

Noun

midthought (uncountable)

  1. Some 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

Adverb

midthought (not comparable)

  1. During a thought; in midthought.

Origin of midthought

From mid- + thought.

Questions about midthought

What does midthought mean?
Midthought means some time during a thought.
What part of speech is midthought?
Midthought can be a noun or an adverb.

Words near midthought in the dictionary

  1. midthermia
  2. midthigh
  3. midthighs
  4. midthoracic
  5. midthorax
  6. midthought
  7. midtibia
  8. midtibial
  9. midtibias
  10. midtier
  11. midtime

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