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betwix

betwix is the obsolete form of betwixt.

Meaning of betwixt

Preposition

betwixt

  1. (archaic, literary) Between.
    • There was some speech of marriage / Betwixt myself and her.c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
    Synonyms:
    atwixt, twixt, 'twixt

Questions about betwix

What is betwix the obsolete form of?
Betwix is the obsolete form of betwixt.

Words near betwix in the dictionary

  1. betweens
  2. betweentimes
  3. betweenwhiles
  4. betwene
  5. betwine
  6. betwix
  7. betwixen
  8. Betwixmas
  9. betwixt
  10. betwixt a rock and a hard place
  11. betwixt and between

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Adapted from Wiktionary: betwix (page history and authors); betwixt (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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