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< amidships
Amiens >
a·midst
(
-m
dst
)
KEY
PREPOSITION:
Variant of
amid
.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English
amiddes
:
amidde
; see
amid
+
-es
,
adverbial suffix
; see
-s
3
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