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twain

1

[ tweyn ]

adjective

  1. two.


Twain

2

[ tweyn ]

noun

  1. Mark, pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens.

twain

1

/ ³Ù·É±ðɪ²Ô /

determiner

  1. an archaic word for two
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Twain

2

/ ³Ù·É±ðɪ²Ô /

noun

  1. TwainMark18351910MUSWRITING: novelistWRITING: humorous writer Mark , pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens . 1835–1910, US novelist and humorist, famous for his classics The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885)
  2. TwainShania1965FCanadianMUSIC: country singer Shania (ʃəˈnaɪə), real name Eilleen Regina Edwards. born 1965, Canadian country-rock singer; her bestselling recordings include The Woman In Me (1995) Come On Over (1997), and UP! (2002)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of twain1

before 900; Middle English twayn originally, nominative and accusative masculine, Old English ³Ù·Éŧ²µ±ð²Ô ( two ); cognate with obsolete German zween
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of twain1

Old English ³Ù·Éŧ²µ±ð²Ô ; related to Old Saxon ³Ù·Éŧ²Ô±ð , Old High German ³ú·Éŧ²Ô±ð , Old Norse tveir , Gothic twai
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Historically, each group did their own thing, “and never the twain should meet until, like, you had to,†she said.

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As with “Atlanta,†“Mr. & Mrs. Smith†presents Glover in a zero-overlap zone where acting is acting and music is music and never the twain shall meet.

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As long as the twain never meet, we’re good — and by we, I mean humankind.

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That's true of religion and genre franchise entertainment, and often the twain meets within the fandoms of heritage brands like "Star Wars," the Tolkien universe, and, yes, "Star Trek."

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“This is one of the evils of the ‘two cultures’ myth,†he says: Some students are channeled into scientific subjects, and others into humanities, and “never the twain shall meet.â€

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