midgen

English

Alternative forms

  • midgin, midger, muggin, mudgin, midgerum, midgrom, muggerum, myggerne, middern

Etymology

From Middle English myggerne, mygerne, from Old English miċġerne (“bellyfat, suet”), from Proto-West Germanic *midigarnī (“intestinal fat, visceral fat”), derived from Proto-Germanic *garnō (“intestines, guts”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰerH- (“intestine, entrails”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈmɪ.dʒɪn/, /ˈmɪ.dʒən/

Noun

midgen (uncountable)

  1. (now dialectal) The fat surrounding the entrails of an animal; suet.
  2. (obsolete, anatomy) The diaphragm or midriff.

Derived terms

  • midgen-fat
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