twixt
Examples
“O! thou thrice happy Shire, confined so to bee / Twixt two so famous Floods, as Mersey is, and Dee.”
“I then took a strait That gave myself, and some few more, receipt 'Twixt Scylla and Charybdis.”
“From all the dangers he foresees or fears; Yet every hour 'twixt Scylla and Charybdis steers.”
“The host⟳ is rushing 'twixt night and day, Caoilte tossing his burning hair, And Niamh calling Away, come⟳ away.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
See also
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