medium dead

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medium dead

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From medium + dead, by analogy with medium rare, medium dry, etc.

adjective

  1. humorous, not comparable Unconscious and near death. She paused for a much-needed breath, and the man said, grittily, “Except that I think I’ll choke you just about medium dead and get out of here, with the briefcase.”

    Similar: halfdead

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adj near death

Españolmedio muerto
Deutschhalbtot
Русскийполумёртвый polumjórtvyj, полуживой poluživoj

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@misc{medium_dead_2026,
  title = {medium dead},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/medium%20dead},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}