Twixt

//twɪkst// prep

prep ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Preposition

1
betwixt, between literary
"O! thou thrice happy Shire, confined so to bee / Twixt two so famous Floods, as Mersey is, and Dee."

Synonyms

between betwixt

Example

"There's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip."

Etymology

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

Related phrases

there's many a slip twixt cup and lip

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