ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Twixt

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /twɪkst/ · Part of speech preposition

Quick meaning: Twixt is a preposition meaning (literary) betwixt, between.

Meaning

(literary) betwixt, between.

Example Sentences

From all the dangers he foresees or fears; Yet every hour 'twixt Scylla and Charybdis steers.
I then took a strait That gave myself, and some few more, receipt 'Twixt Scylla and Charybdis.
O! thou thrice happy Shire, confined so to bee / Twixt two so famous Floods, as Mersey is, and Dee.
The host is rushing 'twixt night and day, Caoilte tossing his burning hair, And Niamh calling Away, come away.

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