Complete Definition of "twain"

English

Etymology
Old English twegen|tw�ġen.

Pronunciation
IPA|/tweɪn/
audio|en-us-twain.ogg|Audio (US)

:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-eɪn|-eɪn

Cardinal number
twain

  1. dated two

Quotations
And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain. Matthew 5:41.
Til that the deeth departe shal us tweyne ... Chaucer, Knight's Tale, ln. 1632.
And never the twain shall meet ... Kipling

Derived terms
in twain
twain cloud

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