Lexicon: mice – midsummer

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mice, n. [see mouse, n.]

microscope (-s), n. [Mod. L.] (webplay: see).

Optical instrument used for observation of small things.

microscopic, adj. [see microscope, n.]

Extremely small.

Midas, proper n. [L. < Gk < Assyrian mita.]

Anatolian ruler (c. 736-636 B.C.); legendary king of Phrygia; man whose touch turned things to gold; [fig.] miser; greedy person; (see ED's letters).

middle, n. [OE 'between, among'.] (webplay: end, night).

  1. Ascension of; midway.
  2. Describing a specific or generic sea.

midge, n. [OE mucka, 'fly'.]

Small insect; gnat; fly; [fig] insignificant one.

midnight, adj. [see midnight, n.]

Secret; hidden; uncertain.

midnight (-s, -'s), n. [OE] (webplay: night).

Night.

midst, n. [Fr.]

Middle.

midsummer, n. [OE] (webplay: summer).

Middle of the summer; brightness of the summer.