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betwixt

[ bih-twikst ]

preposition

  1. Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. between.


betwixt

/ bɪˈtwɪkst /

preposition

  1. archaic.
    another word for between
  2. betwixt and between
    betwixt and between in an intermediate, indecisive, or middle position


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Word History and Origins

Origin of betwixt1

before 950; Middle English betwix, Old English betwix, betweox, equivalent to be- be- + tweox, cognate with Old High German zwiski two each; akin to German zwischen between (preposition)

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Word History and Origins

Origin of betwixt1

Old English betwix ; related to Old High German zwiski two each

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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. betwixt and between, neither the one nor the other; in a middle or unresolved position:

    Not wanting to side with either her father or her mother, she was betwixt and between.

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Example Sentences

When we speak against one capital vice, we ought to speak against its opposite; the middle betwixt both is the point for virtue.

Twenty acres of apple trees all in a orchard together, and twenty acres of strawberries set out betwixt and between the rows!

Education is the cultivation of a just and legitimate familiarity betwixt the mind and things.

Education is a just and legitimate familiarity betwixt the mind and things.

The hardened devils of Anzacs, who had taken cover betwixt the shell-proofs built of piles of stores, roared with laughter.

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