betwixt

Speech parts

1. betwixt - Adverb

2. betwixt - Preposition

Meaning

In the space which separates; between.

From one to another of; mutually affecting.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

between inter intermediate within midway middle interim midst halfway in among during mid with amidst
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Antonyms

away outside beyond extreme exterior far away
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Phrases with the word

betwixt and between betwixt decks deck betwixt

Examples

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. David Hume

The harvest of this world is to the resolute, and he that is infirm of purpose is ground betwixt the upper and the nether millstone. Eric Rücker Eddison

The souls of emperors and cobblers are cast in the same mold...The same reason that makes us wrangle with a neighbor creates a war betwixt princes. Michel de Montaigne

Betwixt two stools the doup fas down. German Proverb

Betwixt twae stools the arse falls down. Scottish Proverb

Put not your hand betwixt the rind and the Tree. Scottish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

betwene betwine betwixen betwixt and between betwixt decks betwixtness