Main Entry: ¹mid·dle

Pronunciation: \ˈmi-d^əl\

Function: adjective

Etymology: Middle English middel, from Old English; akin to Old English midde

Date: before 12th century

1 : equally distant from the extremes : medial, central <the middle house in the row>
2 : being at neither extreme : intermediate
3 capitalized a : constituting a division intermediate between those prior and later or upper and lower <Middle Paleozoic> b : constituting a period of a language or literature intermediate between one called Old and one called New or Modern <Middle Dutch>
4 of a verb form or voice : typically asserting that a person or thing both performs and is affected by the action represented