betwixt
BetweenBetween.
» They broke betwixt them the thin broad-piece of gold.
Meaning
1 senses(archaic, literary)Between.
zwischen
ме́ждуméždu, посредиposredi
Examples
5 sentencesThey broke betwixt them the thin broad-piece of gold.
Men of broader intellect know that there is no sharp distinction betwixt the real and the unreal.
For there is no difference betwixt a poor man and a rich, betwixt a master and a servant.
The bride was led forth betwixt her brother Henry and her mother.
She knew little of Ravenswood, or the disputes which had existed betwixt her father and his.
Translations
6 languagesOrigin
From Middle English bitwixe, from Old English betweox, from Proto-Germanic *twiskaz (“twofFrom 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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