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midi

midi

1 4.6
A skirt or dress that reaches halfway between the knee and ankle
  • noun
  • /ˈmɪdi/
translation icon : falda midi
  • The trendy midi skirt she picked out perfectly matched her favorite shoes.
  • midi skirt
  • midi dress

Examples

  • So this is called the side split MIDI dress with belt.

  • I got this MIDI skirt dress.

  • Little lemon MIDI dress that's cute.

  • Magenta Tropical Treasure MIDI dress in small.

  • Skirts are getting longer, there are more MIDI skirts and less mini skirts compared to summer last year.

  • Alison wore a taupe wool dress coat, midi-length, the big gold braid trailing out from a purple toque pulled almost to her nose.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • She wore a beautiful midi dress to the garden party that fell gracefully below her knees.

  • At the fashion show, several models showcased elegant midi dresses that were both stylish and comfortable.

Synonyms

skirt
vsmidi
385 1.0

A piece of clothing that hangs from the waist and covers the legs

is defined by a hem midway between the knee and the ankle

Antonyms

mini
  • Informal
59 3.0

A very short skirt ending well above the knees

maxi
5.1

Long enough to reach the ankle when you wear it

Compounds

Midi-Pyrenees
7.7

A region in southwest France that became part of Occitanie in 2016

How Long

maxiskirt
1 3.9
midi
1 4.6
knee-length
3 2.9
mini
  • Informal
59 3.0

Surface Forms

midi singular
midis plural

Morphology

midi = mid (semi-transparent) = mid + i

The garment sense is readily inferable from 'mid', but the -i ending is conventional and the clothing meaning is lexicalized in fashion usage.

Etymology

A midi comes from French midi, meaning 'noon' or 'middle', and like noon is the middle of the day, a midi skirt is the middle length between the knee and the ankle.