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betwixte

betwixte 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 betwixte

What is betwixte the obsolete form of?
Betwixte is the obsolete form of betwixt.

Words near betwixte in the dictionary

  1. Betwixmas
  2. betwixt
  3. betwixt a rock and a hard place
  4. betwixt and between
  5. betwixt the devil and the deep blue sea
  6. betwixte
  7. Betwixtmas
  8. betwixtness
  9. betwound
  10. Betws Garmon
  11. Betws-y-Coed

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Adapted from Wiktionary: betwixte (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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