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atwixt

UK/əˈtwɪkst/

atwixt preposition: synonym of betwixt (“between”).

Preposition

atwixt

  1. (dialectal, obsolete except UK) Synonym of betwixt (“between”).
    • But with outrageous strokes did him restraine, / And with his body bard the way atwixt them twaine.1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto VIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, page 108
    • Whate’er ye are, be sure an’ fix’t; / Opinions ne’er haltin’ atwixt;1789, David Sillar, “Epistle to J. W****N, Student of Divinity, Edinburgh”, in Poems, Kilmarnock, page 59
    Synonyms:
    twixt, 'twixt, betwixt

Examples of atwixt in a sentence

  • […] the boat’s drove tight by the tide ’atwixt two tiers of barges.1864 May – 1865 November, Charles Dickens, chapter 13, in Our Mutual Friend. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Chapman...
  • “I kin take him from right here ’atwixt his eyes,” said Jenks softly, and tapped his rifle significantly.1909, Zane Grey, chapter 18, in The Last Trail, New York: Grosset & Dunlap, page 218:

Synonyms of atwixt

Words that rhyme with atwixt

Questions about atwixt

What does atwixt mean?
Atwixt means synonym of betwixt (“between”).
How do you use atwixt in a sentence?
[…] the boat’s drove tight by the tide ’atwixt two tiers of barges.
What part of speech is atwixt?
Atwixt is a preposition.
How do you pronounce atwixt?
Atwixt is pronounced /əˈtwɪkst/ (UK).

Words near atwixt in the dictionary

  1. atwite
  2. atwites
  3. atwiting
  4. atwitter
  5. atwix
  6. atwixt
  7. Atwood
  8. Atwood machine
  9. Atwood machines
  10. Atwood number
  11. Atwood numbers

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