Definizione monolingua

twain

twain

1. (dated) two

   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.

   • (Can we date this quote?) Kipling

     And never the twain shall meet.

   • 1866, Algernon Swinburne, Before Parting, lines 1-2

     A month or twain to live on honeycomb

     Is pleasant;

   • 1900, Ernest Dowson, Amor Profanus, lines 26-28

     […] all too soon we twain shall tread

     The bitter pastures of the dead:

     Estranged, sad spectres of the night.

Definizione dizionario twain

due

paio

Altri significati:

(dated) two