midlight

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midlight

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From mid + light. Formed by analogy with lowlight and highlight.

noun midlights

  1. uncommon A moment or aspect neither favorable or unfavorable; a neutral happening or incident.
  2. An area or a spot in a drawing, painting, or photograph that is somewhat illuminated.
  3. In hairstyling, a highlight in a slightly darker color rather than a lighter one.

verb midlights · midlighting · midlighted

  1. transitive To dye (part of the hair) a slightly darker color than the rest.

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@misc{midlight_2026,
  title = {midlight},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/midlight},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}