Amidst vs Missy - What's the difference?
amidst | missy |
In the midst or middle of; surrounded or encompassed by; among.
* 1748 . David Hume. Enquiries Concerning the Human Understanding and Concerning the Principles of Morals. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 4.
* 1912 , (Edgar Rice Burroughs), (Tarzan of the Apes), Chapter 5
A diminutive of the female given name Melissa.
English diminutives of female given names
As a preposition amidst
is in the midst or middle of; surrounded or encompassed by; among.As a noun missy is
a young female; miss or missy can be (mineralogy).As an adjective missy is
of, or pertaining to, female clothing or clothing sizes.amidst
English
Alternative forms
* amidest (obsolete) * amiddst (qualifier) * amiddest (obsolete) * amydst (obsolete) * amyddst (qualifier) * amyddest (qualifier)Preposition
(English prepositions)- Be a philosopher ; but amidst all your philosophy, be still a man.
- Not so, however, with Tarzan, the man-child. His life amidst the dangers of the jungle had taught him to meet emergencies with self-confidence, and his higher intelligence resulted in a quickness of mental action far beyond the powers of the apes.
Synonyms
* amid * among * amongstUsage notes
As with other words with excrescent suffix , amidst is generally considered synonymous with simpler amid, and amid is preferred by style guides on both sides of the Atlantic.TimesOnline], [http://www.guardian.co.uk/styleguide/w The Guardian] and [http://www.hansard.ca/styleguide.pdf Hansard(Canadian parliament) Further, amidst /amid'' are similar in meaning to – but distinct from – ''amongst''/''among''. ''Amid]](st)'' denotes that something is "in the midst of", "surrounded by" other things, and is used when the idea of separate things is not prominent. ''[[among, Among(st)'' denotes that something is mingling with other separable things ("blessed art thou among women").