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: October 22, 2024
\bih-TWIKST\ adverb or preposition
What It Means
Betwixt is a synonym of between that lends an old-fashioned feel to both speech and writing. It is sometimes used in the phrase "betwixt and between" to mean "in the middle" or "neither one thing nor the other."
// Charley took a seat betwixt two other passengers.
// They sat on the long bench, a pile of books betwixt them.
// The novel's protagonist is at the edge of early adulthood, when one is betwixt and between.
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