twixt

Definition

betwixt, between

Etymology

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

Example Sentences

• "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."