ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun
1. obsolete : middle-earth
2.
a. : an intermediate realm
neither beast nor bird, it inhabits an anomalous mid-world — Saturday Review
b. : a body (as of persons) occupying an intermediate position (as between two attitudes or opinions)
this mid-world of persons, no longer hostile or indifferent to religion, though not as yet ecclesiastically or theologically minded — W.L.Sperry