betwixt
AdverbUS[bee-twikst]/biˈtwɪkst/2 syllables
Synonyms:
between
Open English WordNet
Adverb (1)
- in the interval“dancing all the dances with little rest between”Synonyms: between
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aberrationnoun
a state or condition markedly different from the norm
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Be·twixt′ (…), preposition
Origin: OE. betwix, bitwix, rarely bitwixt, AS. betweox, betweohs, betweoh, betwīh; pref. be- by + a form fr. AS. twā two. See Between.
1. In the space which separates; between.
From betwixt two aged oaks.— John Milton
2. From one to another of; mutually affecting.
There was some speech of marriage Betwixt myself and her.— William Shakespeare
Betwixt and between, in a midway position; so-so; neither one thing nor the other. colloquial
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54