Definitions

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  • noun Nephew.
  • noun A male cousin.
  • noun A grandson.
  • noun rare A spendthrift.

Etymologies

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From Middle English neve, neave, from Old English nefa ("nephew, grandson"), from Proto-Germanic *nefô (“nephew”), from Proto-Indo-European *nepoter-, *nepo- (“grandchild, sister's son”). Cognate with West Frisian neef ("cousin, nephew"), Dutch neef ("nephew"), Low German neve ("nephew"), German Neffe ("nephew"), Icelandic nefi ("kinsman"). Compare nift. See also nephew.

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  • Even in reverse.

    July 22, 2007

  • Italian - snow.

    August 6, 2008