twixt
Synonym of betwixtSynonym of betwixt (“between”).
/twɪkst/
» There's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip.
Видит око, да зуб неймёт.
Близок локоть, да не укусишь.
Meaning
1 senses(archaic, literary, poetic)Synonym of betwixt (“between”).
Examples
2 sentencesThere's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip.
ruВидит око, да зуб неймёт.
The two-fold race Anchises understands, / the double sires, and owns himself misled / by modern error 'twixt two ancient lands.
Origin
From Middle English tuix, twyx (“among; between”) + English -t (excrescent ending). Tuix,From Middle English tuix, twyx (“among; between”) + English -t (excrescent ending). Tuix, twyx is an aphetic form of atwix, atwixen, atwixt (“between”), or bitwix, bitwixe, bitwixen, bitwixt (“among; between”):
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