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Vinony

in-between

adjective

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Wiktionary

adj

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.

  1. Lying between; neither one thing nor the other; intermediary.

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.

  1. An interval or intervening time.
  2. One who intervenes.
  3. 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.[…]””