Definition: newest

Source: WordNet (r) 1.7

newest
     adj : in accord with the most fashionable ideas or style; "wears
           only the latest style"; "the last thing in swimwear";
           "knows the newest dances"; "up-to-date technology"
           [syn: latest, last, up-to-date]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

New \New\, a. [Compar. Newer; superl. Newest.] [OE. OE.
   newe, AS. niwe, neowe; akin to D. nieuw, OS. niwi, OHG.
   niuwi, G. neu, Icel. n?r, Dan. & Sw. ny, Goth. niujis, Lith.
   naujas, Russ. novuii, Ir. nua, nuadh, Gael. nuadh, W. newydd,
   Armor. nevez, L. novus, gr. ?, Skr. nava, and prob. to E.
   now. [root]263. See Now, and cf. Announce, Innovate,
   Neophyte, Novel.]
   1. Having existed, or having been made, but a short time;
      having originated or occured lately; having recently come
      into existence, or into one's possession; not early or
      long in being; of late origin; recent; fresh; modern; --
      opposed to old, as, a new coat; a new house; a new book;
      a new fashion. ``Your new wife.'' --Chaucer.

   2. Not before seen or known, although existing before; lately
      manifested; recently discovered; as, a new metal; a new
      planet; new scenes.

   3. Newly beginning or recurring; starting anew; now
      commencing; different from has been; as, a new year; a new
      course or direction.

   4. As if lately begun or made; having the state or quality of
      original freshness; also, changed for the better;
      renovated; unworn; untried; unspent; as, rest and travel
      made him a new man.

            Steadfasty purposing to lead a new life. --Bk. of
                                                  Com. Prayer.

            Men after long emaciating diets, fat, and almost
            new.                                  --Bacon.

   5. Not of ancient extraction, or of a family of ancient
      descent; not previously kniwn or famous. --Addison.

   6. Not habituated; not familiar; unaccustomed.

            New to the plow, unpracticed in the trace. --Pope.

   7. Fresh from anything; newly come.

            New from her sickness to that northern air.
                                                  --Dryden.

   New birth. See under Birth.

   New Church, or New Jerusalem Church, the church holding
      the doctrines taught by Emanuel Swedenborg. See
      Swedenborgian.

   New heart (Theol.), a heart or character changed by the
      power of God, so as to be governed by new and holy
      motives.

   New land, land ckeared and cultivated for the first time.
      

   New light. (Zo["o]l.) See Crappie.

   New moon.
      (a) The moon in its first quarter, or when it first
          appears after being invisible.
      (b) The day when the new moon is first seen; the first day
          of the lunar month, which was a holy day among the
          Jews. --2 Kings iv. 23.

   New Red Sandstone (Geol.), an old name for the formation
      immediately above the coal measures or strata, now divided
      into the Permian and Trias. See Sandstone.

   New style. See Style.

   New testament. See under Testament.

   New world, the land of the Western Hemisphere; -- so called
      because not known to the inhabitants of the Eastern
      Hemisphere until recent times.

   Syn: Novel; recent; fresh; modern. See Novel.