atwixt, prep. arch. or dial.
(əˈtwɪkst)
Forms: 4–5 atwyxen, -ixen, -ix(e, 5 -yxyn, -exyn, athwyx, 4– atwixt; aphetic 'twixt.
[f. a- prefix 2 + -twix(t, stem of betwixt; cf. atween. For the variations, see betwixt.]
Between.
| c 1374 Chaucer Troylus v. 472 Atwixt noone and prime. c 1440 Promp. Parv. 17 A-twyxyn, atwexyn, atwyxt, Inter. 1464 Edw. IV in Paston Lett. 493 II. 166 Maters..in debate athwyx the seid John Paston and William Yelverton. 1475 Bk. Noblesse 25 Trewes..atwixen Charles the vij{supt}{suph}..and your predecessour Harry the sext. 1566 Gascoigne Jocasta (1587) 104 Then I atwixt them both wil throw my selfe. 1870 Morris Earthly Par. III. iv. 383 The yellow sand They kissed atwixt the sea and land. |