amidst
preposiçãoatestado nos diálogos
- Estados Unidos//aˈmɪdst//
- Estados Unidos//əˈmɪtst//
In the midst or middle of; surrounded or encompassed by; among.
preposição
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In the midst or middle of; surrounded or encompassed by; among.
Be a philosopher ; but amidst all your philosophy, be still a man.
Not so, however, with Tarzan, the man-child. His life amidst the dangers of the jungle had taught him to meet emergencies with self-confidence, and his higher intelligence resulted in a quickness of mental action far beyond the powers of the apes.
Etimologia
From amids + -t (excrescent), from amid + -s (genitive). By surface analysis, amid + -st (excrescent). Root amid from Middle English amidde, amiddes, on midden, from Old English on middan (“in the middle”), from midd (“central”) (English mid).
amidst · In the midst or middle of; surrounded or encompassed by; among.
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