different between newt vs newth

English

Etymology

From Middle English newte, newete, a form resulting from an incorrect division of Middle English an ewte as a newte (for similar misdivisions compare adder, nickname, apron, umpire, etc.). Middle English evete, eute, euete, ewte (“newt”), derives from Old English efete (“lizard; newt”). Doublet of eft.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?nju?t/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?n(j)ut/
• (General Australian, General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /?nj??t/
• Rhymes: -u?t

Noun

newt (plural newts)

1. A small lizard-like amphibian in the family Salamandridae that lives in the water as an adult.

Synonyms

• ask/askard (dialectal)
• eft (usually refers to the terrestrial phase of a newt)
• salamander

Related terms

• pissed as a newt

Translations

See also

• newt on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Wikipedia article on the indefinite articles a and an

Anagrams

• twen, went

English

Etymology

From new +? -th.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -u??

Noun

newth (uncountable)

1. (rare, nonstandard) Newness.
   • 1922, The Outlook:

     I came across one modern once who used "newth," meaning newness, and make it rhyme with "youth."

   • 2003, Novelty vs. Recycling:

     The Ancient Ones' repulsive fecundity is a septessential aspect of these unpossible non-beings; in a way, they are newness itself. (Or should that be 'newth'?) […]

   • 2006, Erica Jong, Fear of Fifty: A Midlife Memoir:

     We write and talk and empower each other, but the obsession with newness and youth (newth?) does not seem to change.