neat
English
/niːt/
adj
Definitions
- Clean, tidy; free from dirt or impurities.
- Free from contaminants; unadulterated, undiluted. Particularly of liquor and cocktails; see usage below.
- (chemistry) Conditions with a liquid reagent or gas performed with no standard solvent or cosolvent.
- (archaic) With all deductions or allowances made; net.
- Having a simple elegance or style; clean, trim, tidy, tasteful.
- Well-executed or delivered; clever, skillful, precise.
- Facile; missing complexity or details in the favor of convenience or simplicity.
- (North American) Good, excellent, desirable.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English *nete derived from neit (good, desireable, clean) derived from Old French net (neat, decent) derived from Latin nitidus (shining, shiny, gleaming, glossy, glittering).
Origin
Latin
nitidus
Gloss
shining, shiny, gleaming, glossy, glittering
Kanji
艶
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- foot English
- handed English
- herd English
- house English
- neat-handed English
- neat-handedly English
- neat-handedness English
- neaten English
- neatherd English
- neatherdess English
- neathouse English
- neatify English
- neatish English
- neatly English
- neatness English
- neatnik English
- neato English
- neatresse English
- neatsfoot English
- neatwork English
- overneat English
- work English
- nauta Finnish
- *nitidiāre Latin
- *nittus Latin
- niteō Latin
- nitidicollis Latin
- nitiditas Latin
- nitidulus Latin
- nitidus Latin
- nett German
- netto Italian
- nitido Italian
- net French
- nitide French
- nítido Spanish, Castilian
- nítido Portuguese
- *nautą Proto-Germanic
- nätt Swedish
- *nete Middle English
- netish Middle English
- naut Old Norse
- net Danish
- net Old French
- net Catalan, Valencian
- nítid Catalan, Valencian
- naut Icelandic
- nautahakk Icelandic
- nautakjöt Icelandic
- nautgripur Icelandic
- sauðnaut Icelandic
- nidio Galician
- neted Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- net Middle Dutch
- neyt Faroese
- net Norman
- nedeo Old Portuguese
- neit xno