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Word entry · 4 letters

newt

Best crossword clue

"Small salamander"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /ˈnjuːt/Part of speech nounSorted entwStarts with NEnds with T1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. small usually bright-colored semiaquatic salamanders of North America and Europe and northern Asia

Word origin

From Middle English newte, newete, from rebracketing of Middle English an ewte as a newte (for similar misdivisions compare adder, nickname, apron, umpire, etc.). Middle English evete, eute, euete, ewte (“newt”), derives from Old English efete (“lizard; newt”). Doublet of eft.

Used in a sentence

  • If you moved first and newted someone , you were a murderer.
  • If, after a period of newting, the person still refuses to adhere to proper conduct and[…]

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