Betwixt

Definition: Betwixt

Betwixt

Adverb

1. In the interval; "dancing all the dances with little rest between".

Date "betwixt" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Synonym: Betwixt

Synonym: between (adv). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Interposition	Adverb: between, betwixt; twixt; among, amongst; amid, amidst; mid, midst; in the thick of; betwixt and between; sandwich-wise; parenthetically, obiter dictum.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Betwixt

English words defined with "betwixt": At a start, Atwixt ♦ Betwixt and between ♦ 'Twixt. (references)

Specialty definitions using "betwixt": Hare-stone, Hurlo-Thrumbo ♦ Jack o' the Clock ♦ King's-Crag ♦ Poetic Terms ♦ Serbonian Bog. (references)

Etymologies containing "betwixt": Atwixt. (references)

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Well, you've got the look of an adventurer about you. I've been one myself, betwixt stints as a turnip salesman that is. Occasionally the markets get down and the formerly self-respecting purveyors of fine veggies are forced to prostitute their abilities in the form of adventuring. (Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn; writing credit: Ver�nica Suárez)
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Domain	Title
Books	A War Betwixt Englishmen: Brazil Against Argentina on the River Plate (reference) Betwixt and Between: Patterns of Masculine and Feminine Initiation (reference) Betwixt heaven and Charing Cross: the story of St. Martin-in-the-Fields (reference) But the Irish Sea Betwixt Us: Ireland, Colonialism, and Renaissance Literature (Irish Literature, History and Culture) (reference) Escape Betwixt Two Suns: A True Tale of the Underground Railroad in Illinois (Shawnee Books) (reference) (more book examples)
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Author	Date	Quotation
John Locke	1690	The society betwixt parents and children, and the distinct rights and powers belonging respectively to them, I have treated of so largely, in the foregoing chapter, that I shall not here need to say any thing of it. (Second Treatise of Government)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Title	Author	Quote
Scarlet Letter	Hawthorne, Nathaniel	It was better to stand thus, with so many betwixt him and her, than to greet him, face to face, they two alone.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Betwixt" is generally used as a lexical verb (base form) -- approximately 50.00% of the time. "Betwixt" is used about 20 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Lexical Verb (base form)	50%	10	111,207
Noun (singular)	50%	10	111,207
Total	100.00%	20	N/A

Expressions using "betwixt": between and betwixt ♦ betwixt and between. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "betwixt"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Arabic		‏بين بين (betwixt and between). (various references)

Chinese		中�" (intermediate, mid, middle). (various references)

Farsi		مابین (Between, Medial), درمیان (Across, Amid, Amidst, Among, Between, Into, Midst). (various references)

French		entre (between, in between). (various references)

German		zwischen (among, amongst, between, insinde, inter). (various references)

Greek		μεταξύ (amid, amidst, between, twixt), ανάμεσα (amid, amidst, among, between). (various references)

Hungarian		között (amid, amidst, among, amongst, between, between the devil and the deep blue see, between the devil and the deep sea, break between two friends), közé (amid, amidst, among, amongst, between, to put grit in the bearings). (various references)

Italian		tra (amid, amidst, among, amongst, between, in), in mezzo a (amid, amidst, among, amongst, between), fra (amid, amidst, among, amongst, between, forward rate agreement, France, French Republic, future rate agreement, in, within). (various references)

Manx		eddyr (between). (various references)

Pig Latin		etwixtbay

Portuguese		entre (amid, amidst, among, amongst, beside, between, come in, enter, mid, with). (various references)

Romanian		la mijloc (between). (various references)

Russian		между (among, amongst, betn between, between, by and between). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		ni jedno ni drugo (betwixt and between, half and half). (various references)

Spanish		entre (amid, amidst, among, amongst, between, by, in between, in the midst of, midst, within, you enter), en medio (between). (various references)

Swedish		mellan (among, amongst, between, medium, mid). (various references)

Thai		ระหว่าง (by). (various references)

Turkish		ortada (apparent, between, clear, evident, evidential, evidentiary, exposed, in between, in the middle, obvious), arasında (amid, amidst, among, amongst, between, in the midst of, inter-, mid, 'tween), arada (between, in between, 'tween). (various references)

Ukranian		серед (amid, amidst, among, amongst, between, from among, inter, midst), між (amid, among, amongst, between, inter). (various references)

Welsh		rhwng (among, between), cyd-rhwng (between). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Date	Source	Genesis Chapter 31, Verse 51
Latin	405	Vulgate	Dixitque rursus ad Iacob en tumulus hic et lapis quem erexi inter me et te
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	And eft he seide to Jacob, Loo! this hillok, and the stoon that I haue rerid bitwixe me and thee, witnes shal be;
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	And Laban sayde moreouer to Iacob: beholde this heape and this marke which I haue sett here betwyxte me and the:
Jacobean English	1611	King James	And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold this pillar, which I have cast betwixt me and thee:
Victorian English	1833	Webster	And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold this pillar, which I have cast betwixt me and thee;
Basic English	1964	Ogden	And Laban said, See these stones and this pillar which I have put between you and me;
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	Genesis Chapter 31, Verse 51
Cebuano	Miingon pa gayud si Laban kang Jacob: Ania karon, kining mohon, ug ania karon kining haligi nga handumanan nga akong gipatindog sa taliwala kanako ug kanimo.
Croatian	Potom Laban reèe Jakovu: "Ovdje je, evo, gomila; ovdje je stup koji sam uspravio izmeðu sebe i tebe:
Danish	Og Laban sagde til Jakob: "Se denne Stendysse og se denne Stenstøtte, som jeg har rejst mellem mig og dig!
Dutch	Laban zeide voorts tot Jakob: Zie, daar is deze zelfde hoop, en zie, daar is dit opgericht teken, hetwelk ik opgeworpen heb tussen mij en tussen u;
Finnish	Ja Laaban sanoi vielä Jaakobille: "Katso, tämä roukkio ja tämä patsas, jonka minä olen pystyttänyt meidän välillemme, minun ja sinun
French	Laban dit � Jacob: Voici ce monceau, et voici ce monument que j`ai élevé entre moi et toi.
German	Und Laban sprach weiter zu Jakob: Siehe, das ist der Haufe, und das ist das Mal, das ich aufgerichtet habe zwischen mir und dir.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Inilah batu-batu yang telah saya timbun, dan ini batu peringatan.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Dan lagi kata Laban kepada Yakub: Lihatlah akan timbunan ini dan akan batu tanda ini, yang kudirikan antara aku dengan dikau;
Italian	Soggiunse L� bano a Giacobbe: «Ecco questo mucchio ed ecco questa stele, che io ho eretta tra me e te.
Maori	I mea ano a Rapana ki a Hakopa, Titiro ki tenei puranga, a titiro hoki ki tenei pou i waiho iho nei e ahau i waenganui i a taua;
Norwegian	Så sa Laban til Jakob: Se, denne røs og denne minnesten som jeg har reist mellem mig og dig -
Rumanian	Laban a zis lui Iacov: ,,Iatq movila aceasta, wi iatq stklpul acesta, pe care l-am ridicat kntre mine wi tine.
Swedish	Och Laban sade ytterligare till Jakob: "Se, detta röse och stoden som jag har rest mellan mig och dig --
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Misspellings
	"Betwixt" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: betuix, betwix, bitwix. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "b-e-i-t-t-w-x"
	-2 letters: twixt.
	-3 letters: bite, bitt, exit, ibex, text, twit, wite.
	-4 letters: bet, bit, tet, tew, tie, tit, web, wet, wit.
	-5 letters: be, bi, et, ex, it, ti, we, xi.
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