betwixt
pronunciation
How to pronounce betwixt in British English:
UK [bɪˈtwɪkst]
How to pronounce betwixt in American English:
US [bɪˈtwɪkst]
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- Adverb:
- in the interval
Word Origin
- betwixt (prep., adv.)
- Old English betweox "between, among, amidst, meanwhile," from bi- "by" (see be-) + tweox "for two," from Proto-Germanic *twa "two" + *-isk "-ish." With parasitic -t that first appeared in Old English and became general after c. 1500.
Example
- 1. He is neither a dove nor a hawk , but betwixt and between .
- 2. And now , o inhabitants of jerusalem and men of judah , judge , I pray you , betwixt me and my vineyard .
- 3. Heaven and hell suppose two distinct species of men the good and the bad . But the greatest part of mankind float betwixt vice and virtue .
- 4. And laban said to jacob , behold this heap , and behold this pillar , which I have cast betwixt me and thee .
- 5. Neither is there any daysman betwixt us , that might lay his hand upon us both .