midge

mɪd͡ʒ

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#1·7h ago

(Scotland, Northern England, now, chiefly, school slang) A small, short or insignificant person.

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#2·7h ago

Any of various small two-winged flies, for example, from the family or non-biting midges, the family or phantom midges, and the family or biting midges, all belonging to the order .

"I am being eaten alive!" cried Pippin. "Midgewater! There are more midges than water!"

Origin: From , migge, from , myċġ, from , from , from , *mu-, *mew-. The dialectal sense of "short person" was originally figurative, and gave rise to short person via the diminutive suffix -et, which has since become part of standard English with that meaning; this has caused midge to undergo as a . * * * * * * * * , mygga * The Proto-Indo-European root was also the source of * * * * * * *. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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#3·7h ago

(fishing) Any bait or lure designed to resemble a midge.

"I am being eaten alive!" cried Pippin. "Midgewater! There are more midges than water!"

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