lowth

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UK/ləʊθ/US/loʊθ/

noun

Lowness.

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Meanings

nounlowth (uncountable)
  1. Northern EnglandUKdialectaluncountableLowness.

    "For I am sure that neither death nor life, neither angel nor rule, neither power, neither things present, neither things to come, neither height nor lowth, nor any other creature, shall lie able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord."

    1843, Thomas Becon, John Ayre, The early works of Thomas Becon
  2. UKdialectaluncountable(in the plural) Lowlands.

Origin

From low + -th (abstract nominal suffix). Compare Old Norse lægð.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with lowth

bothgrowthoathslothquothThothloathwrothtrothbetrothblowthcoathslowthsowth
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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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