Betwixt meaning

bĭ-twĭkst
The definition of betwixt is between.

When you are in between two things, this is an example of a time when you are betwixt.

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(literary or archaic) Between, specifically between two objects.
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betwixt and between
  • In an intermediate position; neither wholly one thing nor another.
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Origin of betwixt

  • Middle English bitwixt from Old English betwix dwo- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old English betwēox.

    From Wiktionary

Betwixt Sentence Examples

  • Thus in Lychnis an elongation of the axis betwixt the calyx and the corolla takes place, and in this way they are separated by an interval.

  • The feud between Italian and Frenchman broke out in a violent form; and it was in vain that St Catherine of Siena proffered her mediation in the bloody strife betwixt the pope and the Florentine republic. The letters that she addressed to the pontiff, on this and other occasions, are documents, which are, perhaps, unique in their kind, and of great literary beauty.

  • Both deities occupy the very first rank in the popular creed; while to the theologian they are the most potent of the good powersMithras being the herald and propagator of the service of Light and the mediator betwixt man and Ahuramazda, who ~now fades more into the backrround.

  • Like it your Grace, The State takes notice of the priuate difference betwixt you, and the Cardinall.

  • Not that there is any discord betwixt them; but rather a friendly harmony, when each hath its place and respect.

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