eft

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/ɛft/

noun

A newt, especially a smooth newt (Lissotriton vulgaris, syn. Triturus punctatus), of Europe.

OriginMiddle English evete ← Old English efete →
Less commonScrabble 6
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Meanings

eft1

nouneft (plural efts)

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
    1 more example

    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

eft2

adverbeft (not comparable)
  1. not comparableobsoleteAgain; 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

EFT3

noun
  1. abbreviationinitialismbankingInitialism of electronic funds transfer.
proper noun
  1. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Emotional Freedom Techniques (“a form of counselling based on various alternative medicine practices”).

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
evetnewt

Origin

eft · noun

  1. Old Englishefete
  2. Middle Englishevete
  3. Englisheft

From Middle English evete, from Old English efete, of unknown origin.

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eft · adverb

  1. Proto-Germanic*afti
  2. Proto-West Germanic*afti
  3. Old Englisheft
  4. Middle Englisheft
  5. Englisheft

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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Translations

Bulgarian тритон
  • тритон (triton)newt
Czech čolek
  • čoleknewt
Polish traszka, tryton
  • traszkanewt
  • trytonnewt
  • znowuagain; afterwards
  • znówagain; afterwards
Russian трито́н, по́сле
  • трито́н (tritón)newt
  • по́сле (pósle)again; afterwards
  • за́ново (zánovo)again; afterwards

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with eft

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Anagrams

fet
Cite this entry
APA

eft. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eft

MLA

“eft.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eft. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “eft,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eft.

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