Mi
[mi:] or [mi]
Definition
(noun.) the syllable naming the third (mediant) note of any major scale in solmization.
Typed by Frank--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A syllable applied to the third tone of the scale of C, i. e., to E, in European solmization, but to the third tone of any scale in the American system.
Edited by Hardy
Definition
n. the third note in the diatonic scale.
Typist: Pearl
Examples
- Save me from Jere-_mi_-ah! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- One scientist confessed that it was only by a figure of speech that he could describe his recollection of a scene as a mental image to be perceived with the mi nd's eye. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- He found that fire-damp explodes only at high temperature, and that the flame of this explosive mi xture will not pass through small apertures. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- One Fellow advised that attention should be paid even to the least and plainest of phenomena, as otherwise they mi ght learn the romance of nature rather than its true history. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Mi ricorde, mi ricorde bene--non he vero, piccolo? D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Is there a track across here to Mis'ess Yeobright's house? Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Why, 'tis Mis'ess Yeobright, said Fairway. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- They have dug a hole, and they have found things like flowerpots upside down, Mis'ess Yeobright; and inside these be real charnel bones. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Presently he pulls up, all of a sudden, and hollers out, “Where is the sinner; where is the mis'rable sinner? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Mis'ess says you be to have whatever you want, and she was sorry when she was told that you'd gone away. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- AMY CURTIS MARCH Dear Mis March, I jes drop a line to say we git on fust rate. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Isn't it spoke like a man, Timothy, and wasn't Mis'ess Yeobright wrong about me? Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Twould be more seemly in ye to stand still and welcome Mis'ess Yeobright, and you the venerablest here, Grandfer Cantle, said the besom-woman. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Is there any cart track up across here to Mis'ess Yeobright's, of Blooms-End? Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Twas that I didn't know you in this light, mis'ess; and being a man of the mournfullest make, I was scared a little, that's all. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Mis--ter Roke--smith, Pa,' said Bella separating the syllables for emphasis. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Well, be damned if there isn't Mis'ess Yeobright a-standing up,' I said to myself. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- And so saying, the mis-shapen little demon set up a yell, and danced upon the ground, as if wild with rage. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Mis'ess Yeobright, not ten minutes ago a man was here asking for you--a reddleman. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Presently he pulls up again, and lookin' wery hard at me, says, “Where is the sinner; where is the mis'rable sinner? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
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