preposition / adverb
betwixt
bih-TWIKST/bitwˈɪkst/
In a position or state between two others.
The red ball sits betwixt two blue blocks.
Etymology
The combination of “by” and “for two” places something in relation to a pair. It developed the familiar sense of occupying the intervening space, as when someone stands betwixt two people.
In context
He looked mischievously from one to the other like a master who dangles a bone betwixt two fierce old hounds.
More examples
- She felt caught betwixt hope and fear.
- A narrow stream flowed betwixt the fields.
- The tale placed the cottage betwixt forest and sea.
Forms
betwixt