twixt
/twɪkst/
twixt preposition: synonym of betwixt (“between”).
Preposition
twixt
- 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...
- Since I haue your good leaue to go avvay, / I vvill make haſt. But till I come againe, / No bed ſhall ere [e'er] be guilty of my ſtay, / Nor reſt be interpoſer tvvixt vs tvvain.c. 1596–1598 (date written), W[illiam] Shakespeare, The Excellent History of the Merchant of Venice. […] (First Quarto), [London]: […] J[ames] Roberts [for Thomas Heyes], published 1600, →OCLC, [Act...
Examples of twixt in a sentence
- [H]e had himſelfe / The Lands and VVaters, ’twixt your Throne and his, / Meaſur’d, to looke vpon you; vvhom he loues […]c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […]...
- O! thou thrice happy Shire, confined so to bee / Twixt two so famous Floods, as Mersey is, and Dee.1612, Michael Drayton, “The Eleventh Song”, in [John Selden], editor, Poly-Olbion. Or A Chorographicall Description of Tracts, Riuers...
- I thik dat ’twixt de niggers of de Souf and de womin at de Norf, all talkin’ ’bout rights, de white men will be in a fix pretty soon.1851 May 29, Sojourner Truth, reported by Frances D[ana] Gage, “Ohio [Reminiscences by Frances D. Gage. Sojourner Truth. [Ain’t I a...
- The host is rushing ’twixt night and day, / And where is there hope or deed as fair? / Caolte tossing his burning hair, / And Niamh calling Away, come away.1899, W[illiam] B[utler] Yeats, “The Hosting of the Sidhe”, in The Wind among the Reeds, New York, N.Y.; London: John Lane, The Bodley...
Synonyms of twixt
Forms of twixt
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Origin of twixt
From Middle English tuix, twyx (“among; between”) + English -t (excrescent ending). Tuix, twyx is an aphetic form of atwix, atwixen, atwixt (“between”), or bitwix, bitwixe, bitwixen, bitwixt (“among; between”): * Atwixt is derived from a- (prefix forming adverb (and derived adjectives and prepositions) expressing activity, condition, position, etc.) + bitwixt. * Bitwixt is derived from Old English betwix, betweox (“between”), from be- (intensifying prefix) + tweox (“twofold”) (from Proto-Germanic *twiskaz (“double, twofold”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ (“two”)).
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Questions about twixt
- What does twixt mean?
- Twixt means synonym of betwixt (“between”).
- How do you use twixt in a sentence?
- [H]e had himſelfe / The Lands and VVaters, ’twixt your Throne and his, / Meaſur’d, to looke vpon you; vvhom he loues […]
- What part of speech is twixt?
- Twixt is a preposition.
- How do you pronounce twixt?
- Twixt is pronounced /twɪkst/ (UK).
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