betwixt

[ bih-twikst ]

/ bɪˈtwɪkst /

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preposition, adverb

Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. between.

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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

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)

Words nearby betwixt

between-the-lens shutter, between the lines, betweentimes, betweenwhiles, between you and me, betwixt, betwixt and between, Betws-y-Coed, Betz, Beulah, up on something, be

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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.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton

British Dictionary definitions for betwixt

betwixt

/ (bɪˈtwɪkst) /

preposition, adverb

archaic another word for between

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

Word Origin for betwixt

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

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