newth

English

Etymology

From new +โ€Ž -th (abstract nominal suffix). Compare similarly formed Gothic ๐Œฝ๐Œน๐Œฟ๐Œพ๐Œน๐Œธ๐Œฐ (niujiรพa, โ€œnewnessโ€).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /n(j)uหฮธ/
  • Rhymes: -uหฮธ

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'?) [โ€ฆ]
    • 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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