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midmorning

midmorning

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Happening in the middle of the morning
  • adjective
  • /ˌmɪdˈmɔrnɪŋ/
translation icon : media mañana
  • Trumpeters take a midmorning break from searching for fruit.
  • a midmorning snack

Examples

  • He arose early the next morning, had a light breakfast brought to his chamber by a pair of servants, and sat down to his book once again, chewing a fragment of muffin and leaving two for a midmorning snack.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • The midmorning sun streamed through the window, brightening the whole room.

  • The blueness of his eyes seemed muted, like a midmorning ocean sky.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • It was still midmorning when a brisk crackle of rifle fire started up, ahead of the main body of the regiment.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • I always feel more productive after a midmorning coffee break.

  • She takes a few minutes to relax with a book during her midmorning downtime.

How Early

midmorning
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Surface Forms

midmorning positive

Morphology

midmorning = morning (transparent) = mid + morning

Standard productive prefix 'mid-' attached to 'morning' yields an obvious meaning: occurring in the middle part of the morning.

Etymology

Midmorning joins mid- meaning 'middle' and morning meaning 'the early part of the day', like in midday or midnight. So, something midmorning happens in the middle of the morning, between early morning and noon.