different between lewth vs newth
lewth
English
Etymology
From Old English hl?owþ, corresponding to lew +? -th.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /lu??/
- Rhymes: -u??
Noun
lewth (uncountable)
- (now rare, dialectal) Shelter.
- 1924, Ford Madox Ford, Some Do Not…, Penguin 2012 (Parade's End), p. 111:
- ‘There wer' a bit o' lewth 'longside stable wall,’ the driver muttered.
- 1924, Ford Madox Ford, Some Do Not…, Penguin 2012 (Parade's End), p. 111:
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- what does lewth mean
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newth
English
Etymology
From new +? -th.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -u??
Noun
newth (uncountable)
- (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.
- 1922, The Outlook:
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