Betwixt

Quick meaning: Betwixt is a preposition meaning (literary or archaic) Between.

Meaning

(literary or archaic) Between.

Example Sentences

There was some speech of marriage / Betwixt myself and her.

And praying to the Gods beneath, I stuck my dirk betwixt my teeth and drew my sabre from its sheath.

The times have changed in nothing more (we follow as we were wont the manuscript of Peter Pattieson,) than in the rapid conveyance of intelligence and communication betwixt one part of Scotland and another.

When I saw the coffin I knew that I was respited, for, as I judged, there was space between it and the wall behind enough to contain my little carcass; and in a second I had put out the candle, scrambled up the shelves, half-stunned my senses with dashing my head against the roof, and squeezed my body betwixt wall and coffin.

Word Forms

• betwix
• betwixte
• betwyxt

Synonyms for betwixt

Depending on context, synonyms include between.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include between, lightnings, twixt, whereat, whoso, infinitude.

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