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twixt

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Scrabble points
15
Words With Friends
15
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/twɪkst/

Definition of twixt

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

prep

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

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Etymology

From Middle English twyx + -t (excrescent ending).

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