newth

/n(j)uːθ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.21 in modern English

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noun

Uncountable

"I came across one modern once who used "newth," meaning newness, and make it rhyme with "youth.""
"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'?) […]"
"We write and talk and empower each other, but the obsession with newness and youth (newth?) does not seem to change."

From new + -th (abstract nominal suffix). Compare similarly formed Gothic 𐌽𐌹𐌿𐌾𐌹𐌸𐌰 (niujiþa, “newness”).

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How do you pronounce newth?

The recorded pronunciation is /n(j)uːθ/.

What does newth mean?

Newness.

Where does newth come from?

From new + -th (abstract nominal suffix). Compare similarly formed Gothic 𐌽𐌹𐌿𐌾𐌹𐌸𐌰 (niujiþa, “newness”).

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