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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. An immature newt, especially the reddish-orange terrestrial form of North American species, Notophthalmus viridescens.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A newt; any small lizard.
  2. After; again; afterward; soon.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A newt, especially the European smooth newt (Triton punctatus).
  2. adv. obsolete again; afterwards

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. A European lizard of the genus Seps.
  2. n. A salamander, esp. the European smooth newt (Triton punctatus).
  3. adv. obsolete Again; afterwards; soon; quickly.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a newt in its terrestrial stage of development

Etymologies

  1. From Old English eft, from Proto-Germanic *aftiz. Compare after, aft. (Wiktionary)
  2. Middle English evete, from Old English efeta. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  • treeseed "Come away, children,"said the otter in disgust, "it is not worth eating after all. It is only a nasty eft, which nothing eats, not even those vulgar pike in the pond."

    from Water Babies, Charles Kingsley, 1937 Jan 28, 2008

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