Meaning & use
betwixt
Between two things or positions; an old-fashioned word for "between."
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The cottage stood betwixt two tall oak trees at the edge of the wood.
He felt caught betwixt loyalty to his family and his own ambitions.
A note on using this word
"Betwixt" sounds archaic or playful in modern English; it mainly survives in the phrase "betwixt and between," meaning undecided.
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