betwixt

Neither here nor

Betwixt is an infrequent and somewhat literary alternative to between.

The folksy phrase betwixt and between doesn’t literally express the idea of either word; it usually means unresolved or neither one thing nor another.

archaic

hither

To this place

amongst · whilst · amidst · ere · unto · hence · forsooth · yonder · thereof · wherein

liminal

threshold

Point of beginning

neither-nor · boundary · borderland · twilight · halfway · suspended · ambiguous · indeterminate · gray area · no-man's-land

spatial

midway

Equidistant from both ends

among · central · intervening · sandwiched · flanked · surrounded · neighboring · adjacent · spanning · straddling

connecting

bridging

Connecting separated things

interweaving · spanning · uniting · interceding · intermediary · liaison · arbiter · moderator · negotiator · broker

Categories
Opposites
position relative to boundaries

betwixtoutside

Beyond the boundary

beyond · without · past · away from · apart from

Phrases
Family

between, in-between, twixt

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G