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Meid vs Mid - What's the difference?

meid | mid |

As nouns the difference between meid and mid

is that meid is a young black woman while mid is middle.

As a preposition mid is

with.

As an adjective mid is

denoting the middle part.

meid

English

Noun

(meide)
  • (South Africa, offensive) A young black woman.
  • *1979 , , A Dry White Season , Vintage 1998, p. 113:
  • *:The last time she heard Capt Stolz saying: ‘Come on, meid , speak up. Or do you want to die like Gordon Ngubene?’
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    mid

    English

    (Webster 1913)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl), from (etyl) .

    Preposition

    (English prepositions)
  • (obsolete) With.
  • Amid.
    • Derived terms
    * (l) * (l) * (l)

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) mid, midde, from (etyl) . See also middle .

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Denoting the middle part.
    • mid ocean
  • Occupying a middle position; middle.
    • mid finger
    mid hour of night
  • (linguistics) Made with a somewhat elevated position of some certain part of the tongue, in relation to the palate; midway between the high and the low; said of certain vowel sounds; as, a (ale), / (/ll), / (/ld).
    • Derived terms
    * mid-autumn * midfall * midseason * midshipman * midsummer * mid-winter
    Related terms
    * midday * midnight

    Etymology 3

    From (etyl) mid, midde, from (etyl) . See also median, Latin medianus.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (archaic) middle
  • * Shakespeare
    • About the mid of night come to my tent.

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