betwixt
Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. between.
Idioms about betwixt
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
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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. BallouTwenty 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) OgdenEducation 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.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian Hamilton
British Dictionary definitions for betwixt
/ (bɪˈtwɪkst) /
archaic another word for between
betwixt and between in an intermediate, indecisive, or middle position
Origin of betwixt
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