euth

English

Etymology

Clipping.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /juθ/
  • Rhymes: -uθ
  • Homophone: youth

Verb

euth (third-person singular simple present euths, present participle euthing, simple past and past participle euthed)

  1. (science fiction) To euthanize.
    • 1973, Arthur C. Clarke, Rendezvous with Rama:
      Thereafter the job of euthing was transferred to the chief medical officer, who it was felt would have less emotional involvement.

Noun

euth (uncountable)

  1. (informal) Euthanasia.

Anagrams

Cornish

Etymology

From Middle Cornish uth, from Proto-Brythonic *ʉθ, from Proto-Celtic *ɸowtus. Cognate with Breton euzh, Irish and Scottish Gaelic uath, and Welsh uthr.

Noun

euth m

  1. horror, panic, terror
    Synonyms: browagh, euthekter, panyk, skruth

Derived terms

  • euthega (“terrify”, verb)
  • euthekter (“terror”)
  • euthvil (“monster”)
  • euthwrians (“atrocity”)
  • euthwriansek (“atrocious”)
  • euthyk (“awful, horrible, terrible”)
  • kemeres euth (“panic”, verb)
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