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effet

effet is the alternative form of eft.

Meaning of eft

Noun

eft (plural efts)

  1. A newt, especially a smooth newt (Lissotriton vulgaris, syn. Triturus punctatus), of Europe.
    • Only these marishes and myrie bogs, / In which the fearefull ewftes do build their bowres, / Yeeld me an hostry mongst the croking frogs […].1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto X”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

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Forms of effet

pluraleffets

Questions about effet

What is effet the alternative form of?
Effet is the alternative form of eft.

Words near effet in the dictionary

  1. effervescible
  2. effervescing
  3. effervescingly
  4. effervescings
  5. effervescive
  6. effet
  7. effete
  8. effetely
  9. effeteness
  10. effets
  11. efficacies

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