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nowt
English
Pronunciation
- (Northern England) IPA(key): /na?t/
- Rhymes: -a?t
- (English Midlands) IPA(key): /n??t/
- Rhymes: -??t
- Homophone: note
Etymology 1
Dialectal pronunciation of naught. Akin to German nichts.
Pronoun
nowt
- (Northern England) Naught, nothing.
Synonyms
- noot (Tyneside)
Noun
nowt (uncountable)
- (Northern England, Sussex, Berkshire) Naught, nothing.
Derived terms
- shy bairns get nowt
Adverb
nowt (not comparable)
- (Northern England) Naught, nothing.
Antonyms
- owt
Etymology 2
From Middle English nowte, noute, nawte, naute, borrowed from Old Norse naut, from Proto-Germanic *naut?. Cognate with Old English n?at, English neat.
Alternative forms
- nolt (dialectal or obsolete)
Noun
nowt (plural nowts)
- (Scotland and Northern England) An ox.
- (Scotland and Northern England) A herd of cattle.
- (figuratively, Scotland and Northern England) A dumb, crass, or clumsy person, or a person who is difficult or stubborn.
References
- Frank Graham (1987) The New Geordie Dictionary, ?ISBN
- nowt in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, ?ISBN
- Newcastle 1970s, Scott Dobson and Dick Irwin, [2]
- Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893–4
- A List of words and phrases in everyday use by the natives of Hetton-le-Hole in the County of Durham, F.M.T.Palgrave, English Dialect Society vol.74, 1896, [3]
- Todd's Geordie Words and Phrases, George Todd, Newcastle, 1977[4]
Anagrams
- Town, town, wo'n't, won't, wont
Middle English
Pronoun
nowt
- Alternative form of nought
Adverb
nowt
- Alternative form of nought
Adjective
nowt
- Alternative form of nought
Noun
nowt
- Alternative form of nought
Scots
Etymology
From Old English n?wiht.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /n?ut/
Pronoun
nowt
- (South Scots) naught, nothing
- Synonyms: nihin, nithin, nuhin, noot, nowts
- Antonym: owt
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nowd
English
Alternative forms
- knoud
Noun
nowd (plural nowds)
- A fish, the European grey gurnard (Trigla gurnardus).
Anagrams
- Down, down, down-
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