NEWEST
Etymology
Adjective
newest
superlative form of new: most new
Anagrams
• Wentes, newset, tweens, westen
Source: Wiktionary
NEW
New, a. [Compar. Newer; superl. Newest.] Etym: [OE. OE. newe, AS.
niwe, neowe; akin to D. nieuw, OS. niwi, OHG. niuwi, G. neu, Icel. n,
Dan. & Sw. ny, Goth. niujis, Lith. naujas, Russ. novuii, Ir. nua,
nuadh, Gael. nuadh, W. newydd, Armor. nevez, L. novus, gr. nava, and
prob. to E. now. Now, and cf. Announce, Innovate, Neophyte, Novel.]
1. Having existed, or having been made, but a short time; having
originated or occured lately; having recently come into existence, or
into one's possession; not early or long in being; of late origin;
recent; fresh; modern; -- opposed to old, as, a new coat; a new
house; a new book; a new fashion. "Your new wife." Chaucer.
2. Not before seen or known, although existing before; lately
manifested; recently discovered; as, a new metal; a new planet; new
scenes.
3. Newly beginning or recurring; starting anew; now commencing;
different from has been; as, a new year; a new course or direction.
4. As if lately begun or made; having the state or quality of
original freshness; also, changed for the better; renovated; unworn;
untried; unspent; as, rest and travel made him a new man.
Steadfasty purposing to lead a new life. Bk. of Com. Prayer.
Men after long emaciating diets, fat, and almost new. Bacon.
5. Not of ancient extraction, or of a family of ancient descent; not
previously kniwn or famous. Addison.
6. Not habituated; not familiar; unaccustomed.
New to the plow, unpracticed in the trace. Pope.
7. Fresh from anything; newly come.
New from her sickness to that northern air. Dryden.
New birth. See under Birth.
– New Church, or New Jerusalem Church, the church holding the
doctrines taught by Emanuel Swedenborg. See Swedenborgian.
– New heart (Theol.), a heart or character changed by the power of
God, so as to be governed by new and holy motives.
– New land, land ckeared and cultivated for the first time.
– New light. (Zoƶl.) See Crappie.
– New moon. (a) The moon in its first quarter, or when it first
appears after being invisible. (b) The day when the new moon is first
seen; the first day of the lunar month, which was a holy day among
the Jews. 2 Kings iv. 23.
– New Red Sandstone (Geol.), an old name for the formation
immediately above the coal measures or strata, now divided into the
Permian and Trias. See Sandstone.
– New style. See Style.
– New testament. See under Testament.
– New world, the land of the Western Hemisphere; -- so called
because not known to the inhabitants of the Eastern Hemisphere until
recent times.
Syn.
– Novel; recent; fresh; modern. See Novel.
New, adv.
Definition: Newly; recently. Chaucer.
Note: New is much used in composition, adverbially, in the sense of
newly, recently, to quality other words, as in new-born, new-formed,
new-found, new-mown. Of new, anew. [Obs.] Chaucer.
New, v. t. & i.
Definition: To make new; to renew. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition