MIDSECTION

middle, midriff, midsection

(noun) the middle area of the human torso (usually in front); “young American women believe that a bare midriff is fashionable”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

midsection (plural midsections)

The middle section of something.

The midriff; the section of the human torso, from below the chest to above the waist.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

13 July 2024

MUSTH

(noun) an annual phase of heightened sexual excitement in the males of certain large mammals (especially elephants); is associated with discharge from a gland between the eye and ear; “the frenzied elephant was in musth”


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Coffee Trivia

The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.

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