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View synonyms for neath

neath

or 'neath

[ neeth, neeth ]

preposition

, Chiefly Literary.


neath

/ niːθ /

preposition

  1. archaic.
    short for beneath
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of neath1

First recorded in 1780–90; aphetic variant of beneath
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Example Sentences

This Frenchman, however, neath his careless surface, was wonderfully shrewd and sagacious.

She sat with her hands 'neath her dimpled cheeks,(Butter and eggs and a pound of cheese) And spake not a word.

The girl lowered her head a trifle and looked out at him from 'neath her curls, but she said nothing.

Then it was that a pair of imp-like, black eyes danced 'neath the careless ringlets above them.

The night passed somehow, and morning found Nannie with a white face, save where the shadows rested 'neath her large eyes.

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