Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗verb
To turn (someone) into a newt, especially by magic. · To (usually temporarily) expel a user from a MUD or similar system
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA small lizard-like amphibian in the subfamily Pleurodelinae that lives in the water as an adult.
From Middle English newte, newete, from rebracketing of Middle English an ewte as a newte (for similar misdivisions compare adder, nickname, apron, umpire, etc.). Middle English evete, eute, euete, ewte (“newt”), derives from Old English efete (“lizard; newt”). Doublet of eft.
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