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be⋅twixt

  [bi-twikst]
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–preposition, adverb
1. Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. between.
—Idiom
2. 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.
Origin:
bef. 950; ME betwix, OE betwix, betweox, equiv. to be- be- + tweox, c. OHG zwiski two each; akin to G zwischen between (prep.)
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be·twixt   (bĭ-twĭkst')   
adv.   & prep.
Between.

[Middle English bitwixt, from Old English betwix; see dwo- in Indo-European roots.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

betwixt 
O.E. betweox, from bi- "by" + tweox "for two," from P.Gmc. *twa "two" + *-isk "-ish." With parasitic -t that appeared in O.E.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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