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'twixt

'twixt is the alternative form of twixt.

Meaning of twixt

Preposition

twixt

  1. (archaic, literary, poetic) Synonym of betwixt (“between”).
    • The roote of Hyachinthe is drie in the firſt degree, and colde in the ſeconde: but the ſeede is drie in the thirde degree, Yet temperate twixt heate and colde.1578, Rembert Dodoens, “Of the Hyacinthes”, in Henry Lyte, transl., A Niewe Herball, or Historie of Plantes: […], London: […] [Henry [i.e., Hendrik van der] Loë for] Gerard Dewes, […], →OCLC, 2nd...
    Synonyms:
    atwixt, betwixt

Origin of 'twixt

The apostrophe (’) indicates omission of the first syllable of atwixt or betwixt.

Words formed from 'twixt

Questions about 'twixt

What is 'twixt the alternative form of?
'twixt is the alternative form of twixt.

Words near 'twixt in the dictionary

  1. 'tweening
  2. 'tweens
  3. 'twere
  4. 'tweren't
  5. 'twill
  6. 'twixt
  7. 'twixt-brain
  8. 'twixt-brains
  9. 'twon't
  10. 'twou'd
  11. 'twou'dn't

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