Betwixt

• POS: Preposition, Adverb
• HYPHEN: be=twixt

CIDE DICTIONARY

Betwixt, prep. [OE. betwix, bitwix, rarely bitwixt, AS. betweox, betweohs, betweoh, betwīh; pref. be- by + a form fr. AS. twā two. See Between.].

•  In the space which separates; between.  [1913 Webster]

  "From betwixt two aged oaks."  [1913 Webster]
•  From one to another of; mutually affecting.  [1913 Webster]

  "There was some speech of marriage
  Betwixt myself and her."  [1913 Webster]

Betwixt and between, in a midway position; so-so; neither one thing nor the other. [Colloq.]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Betwixt, prep. & adv. archaic between.

Idiom

betwixt and between colloq. neither one thing nor the other.

Etymology

ME f. OE betweox f. Gmc: cf. AGAINST

ROGET THESAURUS

Betwixt

Interposition

N interposition, interjacence, intercurrence, intervenience, interlocation, interdigitation, interjection, interpolation, interlineation, interspersion, intercalation, interpenetration, permeation, infiltration, intervention, interference, intrusion, obtrusion, insinuation, insertion, dovetailing, embolism, intermediary, intermedium, go between, bodkin, intruder, interloper, parenthesis, episode, flyleaf, partition, septum, diaphragm, midriff, dissepiment, party wall, panel, room divider, halfway house, interjacent, intercurrent, intervenient, intervening, intermediate, intermediary, intercalary, interstitial, embolismal, parenthetical, episodic, mediterranean, intrusive, embosomed, merged, between, betwixt, twixt, among, amongst, amid, amidst, mid, midst, in the thick of, betwixt and between, sandwich-wise, parenthetically, obiter dictum.