mediterranean

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: Med=i=ter=ra=ne=an
• COUNT in NET: 9 in 9 verses (in OT : 9 in 9 verses)

CIDE DICTIONARY

mediterranean, a. [L. mediterraneus; medius middle + terra land. See Mid, and Terrace.].

•  Inclosed, or nearly inclosed, with land; as, the Mediterranean Sea, between Europe and Africa.  [1913 Webster]
•  Inland; remote from the ocean.  [1913 Webster]

  "Cities, as well mediterranean as maritime."  [1913 Webster]
•  Of, pertaining to, or located in the Mediterranean Sea or on the adjacent lands; as, Mediterranean trade; a Mediterranean voyage; a Mediterranean plant.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

mediterranean, n. & adj.
--n.
1 a large landlocked sea bordered by S. Europe, SW Asia, and N. Africa.
2 a native of a country bordering on the Mediterranean.
--adj.
1 of or characteristic of the Mediterranean or its surrounding region (Mediterranean climate; Mediterranean cookery).
2 (of a person) dark-complexioned and not tall.

Etymology

L mediterraneus inland f. medius middle + terra land

ROGET THESAURUS

mediterranean

Middle

N middle, midst, mediety, mean, medium, middle term, center &c, mid-course, mezzo termine, juste milieu, halfway house, nave, navel, omphalos, nucleus, nucleolus, equidistance, bisection, half distance, equator, diaphragm, midriff, intermediate, middle, medial, mesial, mean, mid, median, average, middlemost, midmost, mediate, intermediate, equidistant, central, mediterranean, equatorial, homocentric, in the middle, midway, halfway, midships, amidships, in medias res.

Interposition

N interposition, interjacence, intercurrence, intervenience, interlocation, interdigitation, interjection, interpolation, interlineation, interspersion, intercalation, interpenetration, permeation, infiltration, intervention, interference, intrusion, obtrusion, insinuation, insertion, dovetailing, embolism, intermediary, intermedium, go between, bodkin, intruder, interloper, parenthesis, episode, flyleaf, partition, septum, diaphragm, midriff, dissepiment, party wall, panel, room divider, halfway house, interjacent, intercurrent, intervenient, intervening, intermediate, intermediary, intercalary, interstitial, embolismal, parenthetical, episodic, mediterranean, intrusive, embosomed, merged, between, betwixt, twixt, among, amongst, amid, amidst, mid, midst, in the thick of, betwixt and between, sandwich-wise, parenthetically, obiter dictum.