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Definition midge
Etymology
From Middle English mydge, migge, from Old English mygg, mycg (“midge, gnat”), from Proto-Germanic *mugj?, *muw? (“midge”), from Proto-Indo-European *m?- (“fly, midge”), *mu-, *mew-. Cognate with Scots mige (“midge”), Saterland Frisian Määge (“gnat, mosquito”), West Frisian mich (“fly, mosquito”), West Flemish meezje (“midge, mosquito”), Dutch mug (“midge, gnat, mosquito”), German Low German Mügge (“midge, gnat, mosquito”), German Mücke (“midge, gnat, mosquito”), Swedish mygg, mygga (“midge, gnat, mosquito”), Icelandic mý (“midge, gnat, fly”). The Proto-Indo-European root was also the source of Latin musca, Ancient Greek ???? (muîa), Russian ????? (múxa), Latvian muša, Czech muchni?ka, Albanian mizë, Armenian ???? (mun).
Noun
midge (plural midges)
- any of various small two-winged flies, for example, from the family Chironomidae or non-biting midges, the family Chaoboridae or phantom midges, and the family Ceratopogonidae or biting midges, all belonging to the order Diptera
- (fishing) any bait or lure designed to resemble a midge
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