midge
pronunciation
How to pronounce midge in British English:
UK [mɪdʒ]
How to pronounce midge in American English:
US [mɪdʒ]
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- Noun:
- minute two-winged mosquito-like fly lacking biting mouthparts; appear in dancing swarms especially near water
Word Origin
- midge
- midge: see mosquito
- midge (n.)
- Old English mygg, mycg "gnat," from Proto-Germanic *mugjon (cognates: Swedish mygga, Old Saxon muggia, Middle Dutch mugghe, Dutch mug, Old High German mucka, German Mücke "midge, gnat"). No certain cognates beyond Germanic, unless doubtful Armenian mun "gnat" and Albanian mize "gnat" are counted. But Watkins, Klein and others suggest an imitative root used for various humming insects and a relationship to Latin musca (see mosquito). Meaning "diminutive person" is from 1796.
Example
- 1. You 're right . You 're right , midge . You 're dead right .