neaten

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neat1

▶adjective

• 1 in good order; tidy or carefully arranged.

• 2 done with or demonstrating skill or efficiency.

• 3 (of a drink of spirits) not diluted or mixed with anything else.

• 4 N. Amer. informal excellent.

– derivatives
neaten verb,
neatly adverb,
neatness noun.

– origin C15: from Fr. net, from L. nitidus ‘shining’; rel. to net2.

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neat2

▶noun archaic a bovine animal or animals.

– origin OE, of Gmc origin.