betwixt and between

  • 11betwixt and between — informal not definitely belonging to any of several possibilities …

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  • 12betwixt and between — idi neither the one nor the other; in a middle position …

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  • 13betwixt and between —  Indecisive …

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  • 14Betwixt — Be*twixt , prep. [OE. betwix, bitwix, rarely bitwixt, AS. betweox, betweohs, betweoh, betw[=i]h; pref. be by + a form fr. AS. tw[=a] two. See {Between}.] [1913 Webster] 1. In the space which separates; between. [1913 Webster] From betwixt two… …

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  • 15betwixt — ► PREPOSITION & ADVERB archaic ▪ between. ● betwixt and between Cf. ↑betwixt and between ORIGIN Old English, related to TWO(Cf. ↑twofold) …

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  • 16betwixt — [bē twikst′, bitwikst′] prep., adv. [ME bitwix < OE betwix < be, BY + a form related to twegen,TWAIN; t is unhistoric] between: archaic except in the phrase betwixt and between, in an intermediate position; neither altogether one nor… …

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  • 17between — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) In the space separating two things Nouns 1. (act of lying between) interjacence, intervenience, interlocation, interpenetration; interjection, interpolation, interlineation, interspersion, intercalation; …

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  • 18betwixt — /bi twikst /, prep., adv. 1. Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. between. 2. 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 …

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  • 19betwixt — prep. & adv. archaic between. Phrases and idioms: betwixt and between colloq. neither one thing nor the other. Etymology: ME f. OE betweox f. Gmc: cf. AGAINST …

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  • 20betwixt — be|twixt [bıˈtwıkst] prep [: Old English; Origin: betwux] 1.) literary between 2.) betwixt and between old fashioned not quite belonging to one group or to another …

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