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in-between en · ADJ
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Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Italic *n̥-
Latin in-bor.
Middle English in-
English in-
English between
English in-between
From in- + between.
Meanings
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Lying between; neither one thing nor the other; intermediary.
Deriveds
inbetweening · in-betweeny
Translations (10)
ru промежу́точный (Lying between) · pl leżący pomiędzy (Lying between) · de dazwischenliegend (Lying between) · ru перехо́дный (Lying between) · ca intermedi (Lying between) · tl nasa pagitan (Lying between) · bg междинен (Lying between) · ar بَيْنَ بَيْنَ (Lying between) · nl tussenliggend (Lying between) · bg преходен (Lying between)
in-between en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Italic *n̥-
Latin in-bor.
Middle English in-
English in-
English between
English in-between
From in- + between.
Meanings
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An interval or intervening time.
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One who intervenes.
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Synonym of inbetweener (“a person who or thing that falls between different groups or characteristics”).
“They don’t belong anywhere. Colored folks won’t have ‘em because they’re half white; white folks won’t have ’em cause they’re colored, so they’re just inbetweens, don’t belong anywhere.[…]”
1960 July 11, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC:
Forms
Synonyms
inbetweener · interim