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ent.

A large, fictional, humanoid, walking tree in works by J. R. R. Tolkien.

3 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ɛnt/
  1. A large, fictional, humanoid, walking tree in works by J. R. R. Tolkien.

Where this word comes from

Learned borrowing from Old English ent (“giant”), from Proto-West Germanic *anti; introduced by J. R. R. Tolkien in The Lord of the Rings, 1954–55, as Ent. Compare Middle English *ent, eont (“giant”), inherited from the Old English word, but which apparently did not survive through the Middle English period into Modern times. Apparently survived in some German dialects as Enz (“giant”), also in composite forms. Compare ettin.

verb/ɛnt/
  1. To pour, especially of rain.

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Where this word comes from

Possibly from empty, through assimilation of /m/ to the following /t/.

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