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betweenhood

noun

Etymology

From between + -hood. Compare German Zwischenheit (“betweenness”).

  1. derived from *bi-✻ — “be-”
  2. inherited from betwēonum — “between, among”
  3. inherited from betwene
  4. suffixed as betweenhood — “between + hood”

Definitions

  1. The state or condition of being between or in-between

    The state or condition of being between or in-between; intermediate condition; betweenness.

    • Mörike, writes one scholar, is situated historically in a state of Zwischenheit, or “betweenhood”; [...]

  2. That which is between or in-between

    That which is between or in-between; anything intermediate.

    • This fence, this gap, this indeterminate betweenhood, is the discursive condition of semiotics, as the semiotic is the condition of all conversation.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA