betwixt

[ bih-twikst ]
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preposition, adverb
  1. Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. between.

Idioms about betwixt

  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.

Origin of betwixt

1
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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How to use betwixt in a sentence

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

    Pearls of Thought | Maturin M. Ballou
  • Twenty acres of apple trees all in a orchard together, and twenty acres of strawberries set out betwixt and between the rows!

    The Bondboy | George W. (George Washington) Ogden
  • Education is the cultivation of a just and legitimate familiarity betwixt the mind and things.

    Assimilative Memory | Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)
  • Education is a just and legitimate familiarity betwixt the mind and things.

    Assimilative Memory | Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)
  • The hardened devils of Anzacs, who had taken cover betwixt the shell-proofs built of piles of stores, roared with laughter.

British Dictionary definitions for betwixt

betwixt

/ (bɪˈtwɪkst) /


preposition, adverb
  1. archaic another word for between

  2. betwixt and between in an intermediate, indecisive, or middle position

Origin of betwixt

1
Old English betwix; related to Old High German zwiski two each

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