Hypertext Webster Gateway: "milieu"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Milieu \Mi`lieu"\, n. [F., fr. mi middle (L. medius) + lieu
place. See {Demi-}, {Lieu}.]
Environment.

The intellectual and moral milieu created by multitudes
of self-centered, cultivated personalities. --J. A.
Symonds.

It is one of the great outstanding facts of his
progressive relation to the elements of his social
milieu. --J. M.
Baldwin.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

milieu
n : the environmental condition [syn: {surroundings}]

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