BETWEENITY
\bɪtwˈiːnɪti], \bɪtwˈiːnɪti], \b_ɪ_t_w_ˈiː_n_ɪ_t_i]\
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The state or quality of being between: intermediate condition: that which occupies an intermediate space, place, or position. "To rejoin heads tails and betweenities" - Southey. "The house is not Gothic, but of that betweenity that intervened when Gothic declined and Palladian was creeping in." - H Walpole.
By Daniel Lyons
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Snake's-head
- Guinea-hen flower; -- so called in England because its spotted petals resemble the scales of a snake's head.