Word: midcentury
Part of speech: Adjective
Syllables: mid
cen
tur
y
Definition: Occurring around the middle of the century.
Morphemes:
Affix: mid-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: During, in the middle of doing something.
Affix: century
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A period of 100 consecutive years; often specifically a numbered period with conventional start and end dates, e.g., the twentieth century, which stretches from (strictly) 1901 through 2000, or (informally) 1900 through 1999. The first century AD was from 1 to 100.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: centuria
Language: la
Decoded: centuria
PoS: Noun
Meaning: century, in its senses as