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Word entry · 5 letters

twain

Best crossword clue

"Two, poetically"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /tweɪn/Part of speech nounSorted aintwStarts with TEnds with N2 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. two items of the same kind

Word origin

From Middle English tweyne, tweien, twaine, from Old English twēġen m (“two”), from Proto-West Germanic *twai-, from Proto-Germanic *twai, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁. Cognate with Saterland Frisian twäin, Low German twene, German zween. More at two.

Used in a sentence

  • But the warm twilight round us twain will never rise again.
  • Bring me these twain cups of wine and water, and let us drink from the one we feel more befitting of this day.
  • Since I haue your good leaue to goe away, I will make haſt; but till I come againe, No bed ſhall ere be guilty of my ſtay, Nor reſt be interpoſer twixt vs twaine.

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Two, poetically5 letters
02Pair, old-style5 letters

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