noun
newt
NYOOT
noun
1
A small amphibian, related to salamanders, that lives partly in water as an adult and has a slender body and tail.
"They spotted a newt sunning itself on a rock beside the pond."
verb
1
To magically transform someone into a newt (used humorously, notably in fiction).
""They turned me into a newt!" he complained, before adding, "I got better.""
How to Use Newt
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA small pond-dwelling lizard-like amphibian.
Word Forms
newted past tense, newts plural, newts singular
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Etymology
Formed by a historical misdivision: Middle English "an ewte" was mistakenly split as "a newt" — the same kind of shift that gave us "a nickname" from "an ekename."