in-betweenn.adj.
A. n.
(a) An interval. (b) A person who intervenes.
ΘΠ
the world > time > [noun] > stretch, period, or portion of time > period of time between events or interval
waya1300
distancec1330
interstition1390
spacea1400
pastimea1513
vacance1533
intermission?1566
vacation1567
intervallum1574
interim1579
between-timea1586
wem1599
parenthesis1600
intermedium1611
betweena1616
fore-while?1615
interpolation1615
vacancya1616
interval1616
interstitium1624
slatcha1625
interspace1629
intermissa1633
between-spacea1641
interregnum1659
intervalea1661
interlapse1666
interlude1751
in-between1815
lapse1817
intermezzo1851
meanwhile1872
the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [noun] > intermediate agency > intermediate means > person as
dealerc1000
meanc1384
mediatorc1390
moyen1455
intermediator1522
broker1530
middlera1533
intercessor1554
mercury1602
intermedial1605
transactor1611
interdealer1613
intermeddler1630
intercommuner1638
middleman1648
second hand1655
inter-agent1728
intermediary1791
in-between1815
medium1817
intermediate1879
come-between1919
tolkach1955
1815 Zeluca I. 393 He's fallen in love with Lady Naglefort, because she's an in-between.
1816 J. Austen Emma I. iii. 43 Busy..talking and listening, and forming all these schemes in the in-betweens . View more context for this quotation
B. adj.
Placed between.
ΘΠ
the world > space > relative position > condition or fact of being interjacent > [adjective] > placed between
interject1578
intersited1578
interposed1602
interplaced1603
interjecteda1619
entre-pressed1641
intercalary1798
interceptive1819
intercalated1849
interlaid1856
interpolated1875
in-between1898
1898 Westm. Gaz. 22 Sept. 3/2 White or pale-coloured silk, with an in-between layer of chiffon.
Derivatives
in-beˈtweener n. (also inbetweener) a person who takes up an intermediate position (chiefly figurative).
ΘΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > absence of prejudice > [noun] > middle course > follower of
commoderator1607
middleman1765
middle-of-the-roader1896
in-betweener1924
middle-roader1959
1924 Contemp. Rev. Apr. 459 The undeserving and the in-betweeners far outnumber the deserving.
1927 C. Shaw Let. 17 May in P. Knightley & C. Simpson Secret Lives Lawrence of Arabia (1969) xvii. 256 In Ireland... We had The Gentry and The People: nothing else. You will say ‘but the in-betweeners?’ They belonged to the people.
1939 C. E. Smith in Ramsey & Smith Jazzmen 247 The inbetweeners are still there but the musician has become an individual.
1942 O. Nash Good Intentions (1943) 162 He was a born in-betweener... He always thought that there was much to be said on both sides.
1970 S. Afr. Panorama Feb. 25/1 He joined the London Polytechnic Studios. He started as an ‘in-betweener’—the name given to the most junior apprentice.
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