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betwixt.

Between.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

prep/bɪˈtwɪkst/Received-Pronunciation/bəˈtwɪkst/General-American
  1. Between.

    archaic · literary
Where this word comes from

From Middle English bitwixe, from Old English betweox, from Proto-Germanic *twiskaz (“twofold, double”), from Proto-Indo-European *dwís (“twice, doubly; in two”). By surface analysis, be- (“by, near, around”) + twixt (“between”). Compare Saterland Frisian twiske (“between”), Dutch tussen, German zwischen.

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