Neat Definition

nēt
neatest, neater
adjective
neatest, neater
Unmixed with anything; undiluted; straight.
Webster's New World
Habitually tidy or well-organized.
Was lucky to have a neat roommate.
American Heritage
Clean and in good order; trim; tidy.
Webster's New World
Characterized by tidiness, skill, and precision.
A neat worker.
Webster's New World
Free of deductions; net.
Webster's New World
noun
A bovine animal; ox, cow, etc.
Webster's New World
(archaic) Cattle collectively.
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Neat

Noun

Singular:
neat
Plural:
neats

Adjective

Base Form:
neat
Comparative:
neater
Superlative:
neatest

Origin of Neat

  • From Middle English *nete, net, nette (> Modern net "good, clean"), from Anglo-Norman neit (“good, desireable, clean"), apparently a conflation of Old French net, nette ("clean, clear, pure"; from Latin nitidus (“gleaming"), from niteō (“I shine")) and Middle English *neit, nait ("in good order, trim, useful, dextrous"; from Old Norse neytr (“fit for use, in good order"), from Proto-Germanic *nautiz (“useful, helpful")). See nait.

    From Wiktionary

  • From Middle English nete, neat, from Old English nÄ“at (“animal, beast, ox, cow, cattle"), from Proto-Germanic *nautÄ… (“foredeal, profit, property, livestock"), from Proto-Indo-European *newd- (“to acquire, make use of"). Cognate with Dutch noot (“cow, cattle", in compounds), dialectal German Noß (“livestock"), Swiss German Nooss (“young sheep or goat"), Swedish nöt (“cattle"), Icelandic naut (“cattle"). More at note.

    From Wiktionary

  • Anglo-Norman neit clear, pure variant of Old French net from Latin nitidus elegant, gleaming from nitēre to shine

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Middle English net from Old English nēat

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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