'twixtprep.

Brit.

/twɪkst/, U.S.

/twɪkst/

Forms: Middle English twix, tuyx, Middle English, 1500s–1600s Scottish tuix, 1500s–1600s twixt, 1600s– 'twixt.

Etymology: Aphetic < atwixt prep., or shortened < betwixt prep. and adv.

a. = betwixt prep.

ΚΠ

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 22028 O fader and moder he sal be born..Bituix a man and a womman..Noght tuix a biscop and a nun.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 3179 [Abraham] loked bi him tuyx þe thorns.

1570 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xx. 51 This I will say tuix sport and play.

1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball ii. xlviii. 206 The seede [of hyacinth] is drie in the thirde degree, yet temperate twixt heate and colde.

1611 W. Mure Misc. Poems i. (title) Ane Conflict tuix Love and Ressoun.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) v. ii. 73 But oh the Noble Combat, that 'twixt Ioy and Sorrow was fought in Paulina.

1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 146 All the difference..twixt him and others.

1745 E. Young Consolation 36 In thy nocturnal Rove, one Moment halt, 'Twixt Stage and Stage.

1885 R. Bridges Eros & Psyche v. xxxi. 65 He fondly kissed her.., And peace was 'twixt them.

†b. twixt and phr. Scottish and English regional (northern). Obsolete until (see betwixt prep. and adv. Phrases 1), before.

ΚΠ

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 927 Þu sal bi þi bred ful dere, Tuix and þu again be gan.

1689 in Acts Parl. Scotl. (1875) XII. 59/1 To compeir before the meetting twixt and þe 9th day of Apryle.

Compounds

'twixt-brain n. = 'tween-brain: see 'tween prep. Compounds 1.

ΚΠ

1878 F. J. Bell & E. R. Lankester tr. C. Gegenbaur Elements Compar. Anat. 503 These primitive cerebral vesicles give rise to new segments... The first is known as the Fore-brain or Prosencephalon; the next as the Twixt-brain or Thalamencephalon.

Derivatives

† ˈtwixten prep. (twyxten) Obsolete (Cf. betwixen prep.)

ΚΠ

c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 2282 [Lear] þoughte his doughtres gyue hosebandes, & twyxten hem parten his landes.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	twixt
释义	'twixtprep. Brit. /twɪkst/, U.S. /twɪkst/ Forms: Middle English twix, tuyx, Middle English, 1500s–1600s Scottish tuix, 1500s–1600s twixt, 1600s– 'twixt. Etymology: Aphetic < atwixt prep., or shortened < betwixt prep. and adv. a. = betwixt prep. ΚΠ a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 22028 O fader and moder he sal be born..Bituix a man and a womman..Noght tuix a biscop and a nun. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 3179 [Abraham] loked bi him tuyx þe thorns. 1570 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xx. 51 This I will say tuix sport and play. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball ii. xlviii. 206 The seede [of hyacinth] is drie in the thirde degree, yet temperate twixt heate and colde. 1611 W. Mure Misc. Poems i. (title) Ane Conflict tuix Love and Ressoun. a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) v. ii. 73 But oh the Noble Combat, that 'twixt Ioy and Sorrow was fought in Paulina. View more context for this quotation 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 146 All the difference..twixt him and others. 1745 E. Young Consolation 36 In thy nocturnal Rove, one Moment halt, 'Twixt Stage and Stage. 1885 R. Bridges Eros & Psyche v. xxxi. 65 He fondly kissed her.., And peace was 'twixt them. †b. twixt and phr. Scottish and English regional (northern). Obsolete until (see betwixt prep. and adv. Phrases 1), before. ΚΠ a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 927 Þu sal bi þi bred ful dere, Tuix and þu again be gan. 1689 in Acts Parl. Scotl. (1875) XII. 59/1 To compeir before the meetting twixt and þe 9th day of Apryle. Compounds 'twixt-brain n. = 'tween-brain: see 'tween prep. Compounds 1. ΚΠ 1878 F. J. Bell & E. R. Lankester tr. C. Gegenbaur Elements Compar. Anat. 503 These primitive cerebral vesicles give rise to new segments... The first is known as the Fore-brain or Prosencephalon; the next as the Twixt-brain or Thalamencephalon. Derivatives † ˈtwixten prep. (twyxten) Obsolete (Cf. betwixen prep.) ΚΠ c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 2282 [Lear] þoughte his doughtres gyue hosebandes, & twyxten hem parten his landes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < prep.c1330
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