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Lewth vs Newth - What's the difference?

lewth | newth |

As nouns the difference between lewth and newth

is that lewth is {{cx|now|_|rare|dialectal|lang=en}} Shelter while newth is newness.

lewth

English

Noun

(-)
  • 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.

    • newth

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (rare, neologism) 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.