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rewth

Middle English

Noun

rewth

  1. ruth
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)

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newth

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.

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