newth
English edit
Etymology edit
From new + -th. Compare similarly formed Gothic 𐌽𐌹𐌿𐌾𐌹𐌸𐌰 (niujiþa, “newness”).
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -uːθ
Noun edit
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.