midriff

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Alternative forms

• midrif

Etymology

From Middle English mydryf, from Old English mid + hrif (“stomach”)

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Noun

midriff (plural midriffs)

1. The mid section of the human torso, from below the chest to above the waist
   • 1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter XXI:

     I stuck it out for about an hour and then, apprised by a hollow feeling in the midriff that the dinner hour was approaching, laid a course for home.

Translations

mid section of the human torso

• Dutch: middenrif (nl) n

• French: ventre (fr) m

See also

• diaphragm