Definitions
Area around the waist and abdomen.
Word origin
From Middle English midref, mydrif, from Old English midrif, midhrif (“the midriff; diaphragm”), from Proto-West Germanic *middjahrif. Equivalent to mid- + riff.
Used in a sentence
“Near-synonym: midsection”
“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.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Waist area”7 letters
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