eft
/ɛft/
eft noun: a newt, especially a smooth newt (Lissotriton vulgaris, syn. Triturus punctatus), of Europe.
Noun (1)
eft (plural efts)
- 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
- How did he like it when the live creatures
Tickled and toused and browsed him all over,
And worm, slug, eft, with serious features
Came in, each one, for his right of trover?1844, Robert Browning, "Garden Fancies," II. Sibrandus Schafnaburgennis
Adverb
eft (not comparable)
- Again; afterwards
- And when they were all gone, / And the dim moon doth eft withhold the light,[…]1557, Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, The Fourth Book of Virgil
Noun (2) capitalized: EFT
EFT
- Initialism of electronic funds transfer.
Proper noun capitalized: EFT
EFT
- Initialism of Emotional Freedom Techniques (“a form of counselling based on various alternative medicine practices”).
Forms of eft
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Origin of eft
From Middle English evete, from Old English efete, of unknown origin.
From Middle English eft, from Old English eft, æft, from Proto-West Germanic *afti, from Proto-Germanic *afti. Cognate with Old Saxon eft, aft, eht (“again, afterwards”), Middle Low German echt (“again, afterward”). Compare English after, aft.
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Questions about eft
- What does eft mean?
- Eft means a newt, especially a smooth newt (Lissotriton vulgaris, syn. Triturus punctatus), of Europe.
- What part of speech is eft?
- Eft can be a noun, an adverb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce eft?
- Eft is pronounced /ɛft/.
- What is the plural of eft?
- The plural of eft is efts.
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