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betwixen

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
be-twix-en
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

prep

Betwixt; between.

Obsolete

Etymology

From Middle English, from Old English betweoxn (“between”), for earlier *betweoxum, *betwihsum, *betwiscum, from be- + dative plural of *twix, *twisc (“twofold”), from twā (“two”) + -isc (“-ish”), equivalent to be- + two + -ish.

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Questions

What does betwixen mean?
Betwixt; between.
Where does betwixen come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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